Fig 3.

Extent of dominance in the kidneys. Mice were exposed to a 1:1:1 ratio of spores of the three strains. A few mice were sacrificed 4 h later, while the remaining mice were sacrificed when luminescence was apparent in the area of the cLNs. For organs from which more than 1,500 CFU were recovered, the percent CFU of each strain was calculated. (A) Mice were grouped together in the indicated ranges of percent dominance of one strain over the other two in the kidneys. (B) Comparison of the highest percent CFU of one color recovered from the NALT of mice sacrificed after 4 h (D0 NALT; n = 7), from the lungs of mice sacrificed after 4 h (D0 Lungs; n = 10), and from the kidneys of mice sacrificed when luminescence was apparent in the area of the cLNs (n = 36). Asterisks indicate P values of <0.001 between groups; ns, not statistically significant.