Figure 9.
G. mellonella survival rates and melanization scores after infection with A. baumannii ATCC 19606 wild-type (WT) and mutant strains. (A) Kaplan–Meier survival curves, with each curve representing a single experiment performed with 10 larvae. (B) Melanization score curves. (C) Pictorial definition of melanization scores for reference. Larvae were infected with 5 × 106 CFU of wild-type or mutant strains, with PBS used as the buffer and serving as a control. WT_heat indicates wild-type A. baumannii treated at 100 °C for 10 min.