Enterobacter sp. AA26 gut symbiont as a protein source for Mediterranean fruit fly mass-rearing and sterile insect technique applications

Table 3 Brewer’s yeast replacement with Enterobacter sp. AA26 biomass and pupal stage duration

Treatment	N	Mean (days) ± SE	Kaplan-Meier / log-rank (Mantel-Cox)
Males
7% Y	302	12.11 ± 0.018	7% Y vs 3.5% Y + 3.5% B: x² = 27.27, P < 0.001
7% B	319	12.59 ± 0.027	7% B vs 3.5% Y + 3.5% B: x² = 65.77, P < 0.001
3.5% Y + 3.5% B	345	12.28 ± 0.024	7% Y vs 7% B: x² = 154.99, P < 0.001
Control	111	13.04 ± 0.056	Control vs 3.5% Y + 3.5% B: x² = 134.06, P < 0.001
			Control vs 7% Y: x² = 203.71, P < 0.001
			Control vs 7% B: x² = 53.41, P < 0.001
Females
7% Y	283	12.52 ± 0.029	7% Y vs 3.5% Y + 3.5% B: x² = 14.98, P < 0.001
7% B	295	12.85 ± 0.023	7% B vs 3.5% Y + 3.5% B: x² = 21.01, P < 0.001
3.5% Y + 3.5% B	273	12.68 ± 0.029	7% Y vs 7% B: x² = 69.85, P < 0.001
Control	41	13.34 ± 0.075	Control vs 3.5% Y + 3.5% B: x² = 55.49, P < 0.001
			Control vs 7% Y: x² = 71.87, P < 0.001
			Control vs 7% B: x² = 46.08, P < 0.001

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