Table 1.

Lethal dose 50% of H. pylori strains in Galleria mellonella

	LD 50 (means ± SEM) *
Strains	48 h	72 h
G27	2.8 (±0.4) × 105	2.4 (±0.2) × 105
G27ΔcagA		3.1 (±0.04) × 106
G27ΔcagE		2.4 (±0.06) × 106
G27ΔcagPAI		2.0 (±0.01) × 106
60190	6.1 (±0.4) × 105	1.4 (±0.04) × 106
60190ΔvacA		8.2 (±0.04) × 106
60190ΔcagA		9.7 (±0.04) × 106
60190ΔcagE		9.5 (±0.06) × 106
60190Urease-negative		8.7 (±0.04) × 106
M5	12.8 (±0.3) × 105	2.1 (±0.08) × 105
M5 ggt::aph	12.0 (±0.6) × 105	1.0 (±0.1) × 105

^*The LD₅₀ values were expressed in Colony Forming Units (CFUs).