Differences in vegetative cells from leaves and rocks over 7 days between Sterne strain and fully virulent strains of <i>B</i>. <i>anthracis</i>.

(A) Total vegetative cells recovered from leaves and B) Total vegetative cells recovered from rocks for the Sterne (green), Ames (UF00738, dark blue), Vollum (UF00980, light blue), Ames-like (UF01106, red) and Vollum-like (UF01103, orange) strains. The mean ± SEM were calculated and graphed on a log10 scale. Significant differences were determined by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s multiple comparisons tests with differences between the Sterne strain and all fully virulent strains identified by * = ρ (TIF)