TABLE 3.

Infectivity of Δbb0744 derivative in the ML23/pBBE22luc background

Strain and inoculum dose (no. of cells)	No. of cultures positive/total
	Pinnaa	Skinb	Lymph node	Heart	Spleen	Bladder	Joint	All sites
ML23/pBBE22luc (parent)
103	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	28/28
105	4/4	3/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	27/28
SH100/pBBE22luc (Δbb0744)
103	0/4	4/4	4/4	0/4	0/4	4/4	4/4	16/28
105	0/4	4/4	4/4	0/4	0/4	4/4	4/4	16/28
SH200/pBBE22luc (bb0744 complemented)
103	4/4	3/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	27/28
105	4/4	4/4	4/4	4/4	3/4	4/4	4/4	27/28

^aRepresents cultivation from a distal skin site, specifically, the ear pinna.

^bRepresents the site of inoculation on the abdominal skin.