Table 2.
Response of symbiosis in A. fabae clone 13 to dietary amino acid concentration over 8 days of larval development. (Values of mean±s.e. (10 replicates) are shown; values in one column with the same superscript letter are not significantly different by Tukey's post hoc test (p>0.05).)
dietary amino acids (mM) | aphid weight (mg) | density of bacteria (107×number of bacteria mg−1 fresh weight) | |
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B. aphidicola | R. insecticola | ||
150 | 0.56±0.016a | 2.28±0.096 | 0.10±0.007a |
100 | 0.33±0.025b | 2.49±0.136 | 0.13±0.008a |
50 | 0.19±0.015c | 2.27±0.146 | 0.14±0.010a |
25 | 0.13±0.004d | 2.53±0.072 | 0.29±0.023b |
ANOVA: F3,36 | 126.9, p<0.001 | 1.4, p>0.05 | 36.6, p<0.001 |