FIG 2.

Survival of Drosophila males after different treatments. (A and B) Survival of 3-DPE male flies after topical infections (A) and injections (B) with different Metarhizium strains. (C) Survival of 10-DPE male flies after topical infections. (D) Survival of 3-DPE axenic male flies after topical infections. (E and F) Survival of 3-DPE axenic male flies after topical infections with different strains plus the addition of C. nuruki (Cn) cells in spore suspensions at an OD₆₀₀ of 0.2 (E) or 0.5 (F). (G to I) Survival of 3-DPE axenic male flies after topical infections with different strains plus the addition of L. plantarum (Lp) cells in spore suspensions at an OD₆₀₀ of 0.05 (G), 0.1 (H), or 0.5 (I). More than 70 flies were used for each treatment. Values are means and standard errors of the means (SEM). The difference in survival between the treatments was determined by log-rank tests. The P values with arrows indicate the difference between the WT and ΔMrHelA treatments. Solutions in 0.05% Tween 20 with and without the same number of bacterial cells were included as controls.