. 2008 Oct 3;190(23):7633–7644. doi: 10.1128/JB.01016-08

TABLE 4.

In vitro growth rates and virulence levels of V. vulnificus strains

Strain	Genotype	Doubling time (min) in LB-N	Virulence^a
			Log no. of CFU/g		% of mice with detectable infection
			Skin	Liver	% of mice with detectable infection
FLA602	fadR::mini-Tn5Km2phoA	29	ND	ND	0^b
FLA1000	ptsI::mini-Tn5Km2phoA	25	8.4 ± 0.2	6.3 ± 0.3	100
CMCP6	Wild type	18	8.5 ± 0.2	6.5 ± 1.5	100

For virulence, five iron dextran-treated mice were inoculated s.c. with approximately 1,000 CFU, and infection was measured between 14 and 22 h later. ND, not detected.

Compared with levels for FLA1000 and CMCP6 (P = 0.002; χ² test).