Figure 5. Virulence of E. coli EC958 and isogenic fimD knockout mutant.
(A) Adhesion of EC958 (grey) and EC958fimD (white) to T24 human bladder epithelial cells following shaking or static culture. Boxplots summarize CFU/ml data of three experimental repeats. (B) Bacterial loads in mouse bladders recovered 18 hours post- infection with EC958 and EC958fimD. Data are presented for each mouse as log10 (CFU/0.1 g tissue). Horizontal bars show group medians.
