As predicted by standard models of virulence evolution, experimentally shortened host life span lead to an evolutionary increase in virulence, confirming results from studies on viral pathogens [ 22, 23].
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Many institutions have a type strain of M. tuberculosis obtained in the remote past, which is used as the standard reference in animal virulence testing in their laboratories.
However its function is unclear as it does not contribute significantly to protection against oxidative stress and high osmolarity, or to virulence, under standard laboratory conditions [ 74][375].
We develop this argument in the context and framework of the standard models for the evolution of virulence, models that address virulence optima.
To determine the virulence of the standard virus population (C-S8p260p3d), rescued by recombination between the two defective forms [5], [6], 21 mice were inoculated with 107 PFUs of C-S8p260p3d in the FP, the maximal dose that can be obtained with C-S8p260p3d.
Two others strains were used as controls in the different experiments namely E. faecalis JH2-2 (control strain for expression of aggregation substance) and the avirulent E. coli OP50 (an international standard food for nematodes without known virulence factors).
In this study, virulence analysis based on standard set of differentials showed the existence of highly variable populations of Foc in different agro-climatic zones in India.
These different vectors have formed the present O 3/4 genome that combines standard yersinial determinants with putative alternative virulence and fitness associated factors.
