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. 2015 Oct 29;5:15898. doi: 10.1038/srep15898

Table 1. Frequency of curing of primary symbiont Portiera and secondary symbiont Hamiltonella in F0* and F1* MED whitefly adults after the F0* adults were fed with a rifampicin diet-solution at various concentrations.

Rifampicin concentration (μg/ml) N No. of individuals with a given symbiont cured on day 0
No. of individuals with a given symbiont cured on day 13
No. of individuals with a given symbiont cured on day 30
Portiera Hamiltonella Portiera Hamiltonella Portiera Hamiltonella
100 22 1 a 3 a 6 a 18 a 22 a 22 a
30 22 3 a 2 a 8 a 18 a 22 a 22 a
15 22 1 a 1 a 7 a 20 a 22 a 22 a
5 22 2 a 3 a 7 a 18 a 22 a 22 a
1 22 1 a 1 a 3 ab 19 a 22 a 20 a
0 (Control) 22 0 a 0 a 0 b 0 b 0 b 0 b

*F0 and F1 whitefly adults are those that we fed with a rifampicin diet solution and their offspring respectively; N: the number of whitefly adults tested by diagnostic PCR analysis; the same letters in a columns indicate non-significant difference at α = 0.05 (Chi-square tests).