TABLE 1 .
Growth and dauer formation of C. elegans RNAi mutants in comparison to those of wild-type worms when fed on different bacteria
| C. elegans strain | Value (%) compared to result for C. elegans wild-type strain N2 (set at 100%) when fed ona: |
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E. coli OP50 |
S. Typhimurium MST1 |
P. aeruginosa PAO1 |
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| Growth | Dauer formation |
Growth | Dauer formation |
Growth | Dauer formation |
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| Strains with growth different from N2 | ||||||
| sid-2 | 16.6 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 42.1 | 0 |
| MAGO12 | 39.5 | 0 | 33.8 | 0 | 13.9 | 0 |
| drh-3 | 62.4 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 |
| rde-4 | 60.6 | 0 | 51.6 | 8.1 | ||
| sid-3 | 43.3 | 0 | ||||
| sago-1 | 48 | 16.3 | ||||
| sago-2 | 60 | 0 | ||||
| nrde-3 | 49.4 | 21.1 | ||||
| Strains with growth like N2 | ||||||
| sid-1 | NA | 0 | NA | 62.4 | NA | 32.8 |
| sid-3 | NA | 0 | NA | 37.2 | ||
| sid-5 | NA | 0 | NA | 142.9 | NA | 46.2 |
| rde-1 | NA | 0 | NA | 4.3 | NA | 0 |
| rde-4 | NA | 37.2 | ||||
| ergo-1 | NA | 0 | NA | 107.4 | NA | 15.6 |
| sago-1 | NA | 0 | NA | 96.5 | ||
| sago-2 | NA | 0 | NA | 16.3 | ||
| WM126 | NA | 0 | NA | 21.6 | NA | 19.3 |
| WM119 | NA | 0 | NA | 5.3 | NA | 0.0 |
| alg-2 | NA | 0 | NA | 36.2 | NA | 22.2 |
| nrde-3 | NA | 93.6 | ||||
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Boldface indicates significant differences in dauer formation compared to the wild-type strain. NA, not applicable.