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. 2020 Nov 12;10:19614. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-76256-2

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Scheme of the competition assay. Bacteria were isolated from the sponge specimens. As example a blue and green coloured sponge are shown. All axenic cultures derived from one sponge were tested against all the others from one sponge. Therefore, bacteria were cultured and agar plugs were transferred to agar plates inoculated with the test strain. Best competitors (inhibiting most of the test strains, which was observed by inhibition zone) were selected and tested against best competitors derived from other sponges.