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. 2012 Sep 28;7(9):e44255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044255

Figure 1. Differences in survival of C. elegans and P. pacificus upon exposure to different pathogenic bacteria.

Figure 1

The survival of C. elegans and P. pacificus is different upon exposure to different bacteria. The survival curves for (A) C. elegans and (B) P. pacificus were obtained after exposure to the gram-positive bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis DB27 and Staphylococcus aureus, and the gram-negative bacteria Serratia marcescens and Xenorhabdus nematophila. Standard lab food Escherichia coli OP50 was used as a control for both nematodes. Both nematodes show reduced survival on S. marcescens and X. nematophila. C. elegans is also susceptible to B. thuringiensis DB27 and S. aureus, while P. pacificus shows higher resistance to these two bacteria.