Figure 7.

Strains lacking Cj1387c, Cj1388, and/or Cj0327 are attenuated in the Galleria wax moth larvae model. Galleria larvae were injected with 10 μl of cells (1 × 10⁶ cells) harvested from Skirrow plates and washed in PBS. Mock injection, injection with PBS, and injection with heat-killed C. jejuni were included as negative controls. Results show the mean of at least four biological replicates, each containing 10 larvae. Significantly different results, determined using unpaired t-tests, are shown using asterisks (^*p < 0.05, ^****p < 0.0001).