Fig. 5.

Reduction of P death by fln-2(ot611) masks lifespan effects of eat-2. a Necropsy analysis and b lifespan of eat-2(ad1116) mutants in fln-2(+) or fln-2(ot611) backgrounds. N2H survival curve indicated by solid black line, N2M by dashed black line, eat-2 by solid purple line, and eat-2 fln-2 by dashed purple line. Error bars represent s.e.m. of three trials. See Supplementary Table 11 for full statistics, and Supplementary data 1 for raw mortality data. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. c eat-2(ad1116) causes a small but significant increase in p sub-population lifespan in both fln-2(+) and fln-2(ot611) backgrounds. See Supplementary data 1 for raw mortality data. d Effects of fln-2(ot611) on lifespan in eat-2(ad1116) mutants disappears after treatment with antibiotics (200 μg/ml carbenicillin). See Supplementary data 1 for raw mortality data