Multi-modality imaging is a valuable approach for studying bacterial colonization in small animal models. This protocol outlines infection of mice with bioluminescent Citrobacter rodentium and the longitudinal monitoring of bacterial colonization using composite 3D diffuse light imaging tomography with μCT imaging to create a 4D movie of C. rodentium infection.
Collins, J. W., Meganck, J. A., Kuo, C., Francis, K. P., Frankel, G. 4D Multimodality Imaging of Citrobacter rodentium Infections in Mice. J. Vis. Exp. (78), e50450, doi:10.3791/50450 (2013).