Figure 2

Estimation of V. aestuarianus concentrations in the seawater by qPCR (Log[bacteria/mL]), 19 h after intramuscular injection at DO 600nm = 1 (approximately 5 × 10 8 bacteria/animal). V. aestuarianus injected strains, number of independent experiments (N) or tanks (n), and median are specified. Error bars correspond to standard deviation SD. Experimental design is described in Additional file 1.