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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Microbiol. 2015;10(2):191–197. doi: 10.2217/fmb.14.124

Figure 3. Replicative life span appears to be regulated in phenotypic switch variants.

Figure 3

(A) RLS of the hypervirulent variant (MC) was significantly shortened compared with the parent type (SM) of a serotype D strain RC-2. This RLS was not recovered when MC was reverted back to SM. (B) RLS of the hypervirulent variant (C) was significantly shortened compared with the parent type (S) of a serotype A strain SB4. This RLS was not recovered when C was reverted to S.

C: Serrated; MC: Mucoid; RLS: Replicative life span; S: Smooth; SM: Smooth.