Table 2.

Mouse groups experimentally inoculated with helicobacter

Mouse strain	Bacterial inoculum	N	DPIa
Germ free RAG KO	Cecal contents from telomerase-deficient mice	15	56
Conventionalized RAG KO	H. mastomyrinus	3	56
Conventionalized RAG KO	H. hepaticus	4	56
Conventionalized RAG KO	None	9	56
C57BL/6	H. hepaticus	3	27
C57BL/6	H. mastomyrinus	6	27
C57BL/6	None	3	27
IL-10 KO	H. hepaticus	4	12 or 27
IL-10 KO	H. mastomyrinus	10	12, 15, or 27
IL-10 KO	None	9	12, 15, or 27

^aDPI=days post-inoculation