FIGURE 5.
Generation of axenic Spodoptera exigua. (A) The efficacy of eliminating gut cultivable bacteria from non-axenic and axenic S. exigua (n = 3) gut homogenates on LB agar plates. (B) The efficacy of elimination of gut bacteria by performing PCR analysis on non-axenic and axenic S. exigua (n = 3) using 16S rRNA gene universal primers 27F/1492R.