Fig. 1

M. rileyi infection enhances the plasma antibacterial activity at 48 hpi. A The representative LB agar plates showed the colonies of S. aureus or E. coli. Either S. aureus or E. coli were incubated with the plasma from the larvae at 12 and 48 h post-injection (hpi) of M. rileyi blastospores or PBS (control). The mixture was diluted and plated onto the LB agar plates. B, C The number of S. aureus (B) and E. coli (C) colonies at 12 and 48 hpi was determined. Bacterial growth was exhibited as the ratio of viable colonies against the PBS control group. The data represent the mean ± standard error (SE) for three biological replicates. The statistical differences were analyzed using Student’s t test (**p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001)