Figure 2.
The Nitrite concentration decreased and the bacterial load increased in the gastrointestinal tract of shrimp after knockdown of Nos. (A) Nos-RNAi efficiency in the stomach analyzed using qPCR; dsGfp was used as the control. (B) The concentration of nitrite in the stomach of Nos-knockdown shrimp. (C) The bacterial load in the stomach of Nos-knockdown shrimp. (D) Nos RNAi efficiency in the intestines analyzed using qPCR; dsGfp was injected as the control. (E) The concentration of nitrite in intestines of Nos-knockdown shrimp. (F) The bacterial load in the intestines of Nos-knockdown shrimp. Significance differences were analyzed using Student’s t-test and significance was accepted at p < 0.05.