YqiC of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a membrane fusogenic protein required for mice colonization

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Determination of LD50 of S.Typhimurium strains in mice.

	Number of dead mice/Number of infected mice (Mean of days to death)
Dose (CFU/mouse)	S . Typhimurium ATCC 14028	S . Typhimurium 14028 Δ yqiC ::CAT
1 × 10¹	3/7 (6)	0/7
1 × 10²	7/7 (6.7)	0/7
1 × 10³	6/6 (5.5)	0/6
1 × 10⁴	6/6 (4.5)	0/6
1 × 10⁵	6/6 (4)	0/6

Groups of the indicated number of mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with different doses of S. Typhimurium ATCC or S. Typhimurium strain and survival was recorded for up to 30 days.

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