Table 2.

Viable count (CFUs; means ± SEM) of H. pylori strains in G. mellonella at 24, 48 and 72 h post-infection

Strains	T0	24 h	48 h	72 h
G27	1.1 (±0.06) × 106	3.9 (±0.03) × 106	5.2 (±0.8) × 106	1.6 (±0.3) × 107
G27ΔcagA	1.6 (±0.2) × 106	2.8 (±0.06) × 106	4.6 (±0.4) × 106	1.1 (±0.2) × 107
G27ΔcagE	1.0 (±0.1) × 106	2.2 (±0.04) × 106	4.0 (±0.6) × 106	9.2 (±0.3) × 106
G27ΔcagPAI	1.2 (±0.3) × 106	2.0 (±0.02) × 106	3.6 (±0.4) × 106	8.6 (±0.2) × 106
60190	1.6 (±0.1) × 106	5.2 (±0.02) × 106	7.8 (±0.1) × 106	1.8 (±0.9) × 107
60190ΔvacA	8.4 (±0.2) × 105	1.9 (±0.04) × 106	3.9 (±0.1) × 106	9.4 (±0.3) × 106
60190ΔcagA	1.2 (±0.1) × 106	2.1 (±0.05) × 106	4.2 (±0.2) × 106	1.2 (±0.3) × 107
60190ΔcagE	1.0 (±0.04) × 106	1.8 (±0.03) × 106	3.4 (±0.4) × 106	1.0 (±0.3) × 107
60190Urease-negative	1.4 (±0.06) × 106	2.6 (±0.2) × 106	4.9 (±0.4) × 106	9.8 (±0.2) × 106
M5	1.3 (±0.04) × 106	2.0 (±0.4) × 106	4.2 (±0.5) × 106	1.2 (±0.2) × 107
M5ggt::aph	1.2 (±0.04) × 106	1.8 (±0.2) × 106	3.6 (±0.6) × 106	9.6 (±0.4) × 106

The number of viable bacteria in infected larvae were determined as described in the Methods section and expressed in CFUs.