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. 2014 Feb 13;10(2):e1003935. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003935

Table 2. Virulence of siderophore mutants in G. mellonella.

Strain LD50 a LD50 Confidence Limits
Wild type BcATCC14579 1.8×103 3.1×102–3.3×103
Δasb 3.4×103 1.2×103–5.6×103
ΔentA 1.0×104 8.8×103–1.2×104
ΔentAΩentA 6.4×103 4.7×103–8.2×103
ΔentAΔasb 1.2×104 8.5×103–1.6×104
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The 50% lethal doses, in number of colony forming units (cfu), were evaluated by Probit survival.

analysis (p<0.05).