(A) CFUs of G. vaginalis JCP8151B-SmR inoculum, replica-plated as a dilution series on NYC III agar. (B-D) Recovery of viable (B) G. vaginalis24, (C) P. bivia25, and (D) F. nucleatum26 from the vaginal lavages of mono-infected animals. For each graph (B-D), the data is combined from two independent experiments, with 10–15 mice per experiment24, 25, 26.