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. 2013 Aug 30;8(8):e74951. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074951

Figure 5. Reciprocal fitness consequences of Drosophila melanogaster larval feeding on Aspergillus nidulans.

Figure 5

(A) and (B) Mean survival of D. melanogaster larvae to the adult stage on wild type, chemical deficient ΔlaeA A. nidulans, and yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Availability of potential A. nidulans food to larvae was controlled by varying the time between inoculation of conidia and transfer of larvae (A. nidulans age: 0 to 3 days). Initial yeast inoculum was 1000 cells. (C) Mean larva-to-adult development times on ΔlaeA and S. cerevisiae. (D) and (E) Mean suppression of wild type and ΔlaeA A. nidulans surface growth relative to undisturbed control colonies 24, 48 and 72 hours after the transfer of larvae. Δ-values may range from 0 (no suppressive influence of insect grazing relative to undisturbed colonies) to -1 (100% suppression of mould development). See text for statistical details.