FIG 3.

Recovery of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium from feces of mice infected with strains JSG210 (WT), RLK5 (ΔhycB), and RLK7 (ΔhycC). Fresh fecal pellets were obtained from each mouse (n = 6 per strain) at 2.5 days after inoculation. Fecal pellets were homogenized, diluted, and plated on Brilliant Green agar plates, and CFU were counted. Each point represents the CFU count from the feces of one mouse, and the solid lines represent the geometric means of the colonization numbers for each group.