Figure 2. Bacterial Growth in eiger Mutants.

Week-old male flies were infected with pathogens, and flies were collected at 0, 2, 6, 24, and 48 h, if there were survivors. Live flies were homogenized and plated: (A) S. typhimurium; (B) L. monocytogenes; (C) E. coli; (D) S. aureus; (E) E. faecalis; (F) S. pneumoniae; (G) B. cepacia. Data are plotted as box plots with whiskers. White bars indicate the parental w¹¹¹⁸ line; gray bars, w¹¹¹⁸; eiger¹/eiger³ mutants. Statistical significance was calculated using two-tailed nonparametric t-tests.