Figure 4
Hemolytic activities of Aedes aegypti midgut bacteria during blood digestion. A, hemolytic activities of two major bacteria isolated from Ae. aegypti midgut. Right, Enterobacter sp.; Left, Serratia sp. Halos correspond to the regions of erythrocytes lysis. B, percentage of erythrocytes in the midgut expressed in relation to the total ingested by recently fed mosquito (0 h). Co, control; Car, carbenicillin; Tet, tetracycline. (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001). The mean ± SEM values were obtained from three samples containing five midguts each in two independent experiments.