Figure 3.

Relative gene transcription (normalized with actb2 and rps4) of genes involved in complement components and lysozyme in anterior (A) and posterior (B) intestinal sections of S. senegalensis fed with alive (diet P) and inactivated (diet I) cells of Pdp11. Three genes including c7, c3, and lys-c1 were analysed by RT-qPCR. Data (mean ± standard deviation) are presented as relative fold change of target genes in fish fed with supplemented diets compared to control group (diet C). Different letters indicate significant differences between diets determined by one-way ANOVA test (p ≤ 0.05).