Colonization of target organs by TMM001 is partially rescued by iron supplementation.

<p>Bacterial burden in the lungs (A) and spleen (B) of mice infected with CSM001 and TMM001 grown ± 200 μM FeSO₄ at 24, 48 and 72 h post infection. Bars plotted with their SD represent the mean of three independent experiments. Significant differences in colonization at 24 and 48 h were individually ascertained via one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Significant difference in colonization at 72 h was extrapolated by using an unpaired <i>t</i> test with equal SD. ^★ p ≤ 0.05, ^★★★p ≤ 0.001, ^★★★★p ≤ 0.0001, ns = no significance.