Figure 5

In vivo infection of Edwardsiella piscicida in Japanese flounder. A Bacterial dissemination in the fish tissues. Flounder were infected with the same dose of TX01, TX01∆trxH, or TX01∆trxHC, bacterial recoveries from spleen and kidney were determined by plate count at 24 and 48 hpi. B Host mortality induced by E. piscicida. Flounder were infected with equivalent doses of TX01, TX01∆trxH, and TX01∆trxHC, and accumulated mortality were monitored for a period of 20 days (only 15 days are shown since no more deaths occurred after 15 days). Significance between the survivals of wild type and mutant infected fish was determined with logrank test. Data are presented as means ± SEM (N = 3). N, the number of times the experiment was performed. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.