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. 2014 Nov;82(11):4666–4680. doi: 10.1128/IAI.02034-14

FIG 9.

FIG 9

(A) Greater intracellular persistence of A. baumannii ATCC 17978 (carrying Omp33-36). The numbers of CFU (indicated on the y axis) recovered after infection with A. baumannii ATCC 17978 and A. baumannii ATCCΔmapA for 12 h and 16 h are shown. (B) Omp33-36 is a virulence factor in animal models. The survival of BALB/c mice (n = 10 per group) following intraperitoneal infection of 3.5 × 104 CFU of A. baumannii ATCC 17978 or 4 × 104 CFU of A. baumannii ATCCΔmapA is shown. Survival was significantly higher (P < 0.0001) in mice infected with the wild-type strain.