Figure 6. Residual bacteria in the preparation of worms have minor impact on respiration measurements.

A. A logarithmic scale was used to visualize the oxygen consumption rate per worm (OCR) in the wells containing worms (green) and the wells containing residual bacteria (orange). The average of ten readings per well and the standard deviation is represented. The last columns indicate the average of the data from the three wells containing 30, 45 and 87 worms. B. Image of the wells containing the worms that were assayed in (A).