TABLE 3.

Mortality of elvers inoculated with starved cells and of controls

Inoculated cellsa	Dose (CFU/ml)b	% Mortality
From microcosms
0.3%, 25°C (15)	1.5 × 103	100c
0.5%, 25°C (7)	1.7 × 103	80c
1.5%, 25°C (7)	2.6 × 104	100c
1.5%, 25°C (24)	1.6 × 104	100d
3.8%, 12°C (7)	1.1 × 105	80c
3.8%, 25°C (7)	7 × 103	33c
3.8%, 30°C (7)	1 × 104	33c
3.8%, 30°C (8)	9 × 103	100d
3.8%, 30°C (7)	4.3 × 103	50c
Controlse
	6.3 × 104	100d
	3.1 × 103	80c
	2.6 × 102	50c

^aSalinity and temperature of microcosms are shown. Values in parentheses are ages of cells (in months). 

^bCulturable counts at the time of inoculation. 

^cDetermined by i.p. inoculation (0.1 ml/fish). 

^dDetermined by bath challenge. Bath salinity was that of the microcosm; for the controls, it was 1.5%. 

^eControls were inoculated with stationary-phase cells.