Fig. 1

The survival rates of C. elegans on consecutive time-points after a particular E.coli strain infection. Figure legend: L4 stage wild-type N2 C. elegans were used as model animals. Three duplicates (20 nematodes each, total n = 60) were carried out in this study. Testing animals were transferred to fresh plates daily and stimulated with a picking needle for their responses. The number of survival nematodes was recorded. The survival rate of nematodes = number of live worms per day/60 × 100%. In Fig. 1, the dark blue line represents those nematodes fed on E. coli 3. The pink line represents nematodes fed E. coli 10. The purple line represents nematodes feeding on E. coli 5. The light blue line represents nematodes feeding on E. coli 13. The green line represents nematodes feeding on E. coli OP50