Survival of wild type and isogenic alanine racemase deficient mutant strains of <i>B. pseudomallei</i> within murine macrophages.

<p>A) Survival of wild type <i>B. pseudomallei</i> K96243 in murine macrophages in RPMI⁺ medium containing 250 µg/ml of kanamycin with (▪) or without (□) 5 mM d-alanine. B) Survival of the isogenic alanine racemase deficient mutant strain Δ<i>bpsl2179</i>/Δ<i>bpss0711</i> in murine macrophages in RPMI⁺ medium containing 250 µg/ml of kanamycin with (▪) or without (□) 5 mM d-alanine.