We conducted strain identification, in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing, and sequence-based analysis of the Cyp51A gene, as described (4 ).
To further elucidate vaccine impact, we are providing support for vaccine effectiveness studies in Nicaragua and El Salvador and conducting strain monitoring before and after licensure throughout Latin America.
Fatigue testing was also conducted with strain controlled to acquire fatigue properties.
Quasi-static and low-speed tensile tests are conducted at strain rates varying from 7 × 10−5 s−1 to 0.07 s−1.
Since we planned to conduct a strain-matched loading study, we first tested the relationship between the applied axial compressive load and the bone tissue deformation engendered at the left tibia.
The compressive tests were conducted over strain rates in the range of 1 × 10−3 to 2.2 × 102 s−1, with each test being at a fairly constant strain rate.
The experiments were conducted under strain control at a rate of 0.0023 1/s. Figure 3 shows a bulk adhesive specimen clamped in the machine, and the temperature and humidity sensors.
Experiments involving the 97 kilobase deletion were conducted in strain "KSB1", which is K12 MG1655 (American Type Culture Collection, ATCC, #700926) HK022(topA,ribA,fabI,fabI), 186 lapAB).
One study was conducted with strain RUT C30 in chemostat cultures and focussed on the physiology of protein production [ 6].
PFGE conducted for strains of the most prevalent serogroups (O26, O103, O121, and O145) showed that the patterns of O26 strains were heterogeneous (similarity coefficient range 49%94%%) except for 5 strains.
