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Fig. 4

From: Gut bacteria differentially affect egg production in the anautogenous mosquito Aedes aegypti and facultatively autogenous mosquito Aedes atropalpus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Fig. 4

Bacterial loads in fourth instar gnotobiotic larvae colonized by a single bacterium and conventionally reared (non-sterile) fourth instars as measured by plate counts. Each gnotobiotic treatment and the conventionally reared (non-sterile) control are indicated on the X-axis. A minimum of 4 individuals was assayed per treatment. Bars indicate mean bacteria per larva with 95 % confidence intervals. Bacterial loads overall significantly differed among treatments for Aedes aegypti (ANOVA: F (5,18) = 13.9, P < 0.0001) and A. atropalpus (ANOVA: F (5,34) = 12.4, P < 0.0001). Asterisks (*) indicate treatments that significantly differ from conventionally reared larvae as determined by a post hoc Dunnett’s test (P < 0.01)

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