Fig 11. B. bronchiseptica recovered from sori efficiently infects mice.

Bacterial numbers recovered from respiratory tracts and livers of mice (n = 4) on day 3 post inoculation with B. bronchiseptica recovered from sori of D. discoideum (clear bars) or grown in culture at 37°C (black hatched bars) or 21°C (white hatched bars). A grey dotted line indicates the limit of detection. NC signifies “nasal cavity.” ND signifies “not detected.” CFU, colony-forming unit. For further details, please see S1 Data.