Table 1. Colonization frequency of the skin, intestines, and spleen in each infected fish group.
| Colonized fish/total fish | |||||||
| Skin | Intestines | Spleen | |||||
| Strain | Genotypea | 24 h | 48 h | 24 h | 48 h | 24 h | 48 h |
| Uninfected | 0/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 | |
| NB10 | WT | 19/20 | 20/20 | 17/20 | 19/20 | 0/20 | 1/20 |
| KL18 | Δwzt | 0/20 | 0/20 | 4/20 | 19/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 |
| KL19 | Δwzm | 0/20 | 0/20 | 7/20 | 16/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 |
| KL20 | ΔwbhA | 0/20 | 0/20 | 2/20 | 19/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 |
| KL18c | Δwzt complemented | 18/20 | 19/20 | 18/20 | 19/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 |
| KL19c | Δwzm complemented | 19/20 | 19/20 | 19/20 | 19/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 |
| KL20c | ΔwbhA complemented | 19/20 | 20/20 | 20/20 | 20/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 |
a
All strains contain pNQFlaC4-lac:lux, which carries the luxCDABE operon and is integrated into the chromosome.