Figure 5.

D. coniospora adhesion on C. elegans at different stages of development. The adhesion tests were performed on different areas of hermaphrodites or males at different stages of development as delineated in Fig. S6. A test is positive 1), if adhesion occurred during the course of HOT contacts between spore and worm and 2), if the association was stable enough not to be dissociated by HOT. In each case, the black column represent the number of spores that stuck to the worm following a single contact, the gray column is the cumulative number of adhered spores following between two and five trials; the white column represents the number of unsuccessful adhesion tests (i.e., following five trials). In most cases, a failure to adhere upon first contact as the result of an unsuitable orientation of the spore. ^aOnly a precursor of the vulva at this stage. ^bUncontrolled motion of the worm tail prevent the experiment.