Relative survival of wild-type B. anthracis Sterne (WT) and either ΔhtrA or ΔyceGH after being mixed at a 1:1 ratio and injected into each larva. Assays were repeated three independent times.
Statistical analysis indicates the significant difference in carriage of virulence factors (based on a PCR survey) and lethal effects (Low LD50) with larvae inoculated with ST69 and ST127 strains.
Figure 1. Comparative assessment of biofilm and hemolytic potentials of MACS strains. Figure 2. Assessment of host-pathogen interaction and intracellular survival of MACS strains in RAW 264.7 cell
