30-day old PGRP-SA^seml flies lose their bacterial density faster than their genetic background when food is changed every 12h.

(A) Loss of bacterial density in yw flies was stabilised at day 20 (from day 1 of adulthood) whereas (B) similar treatment of in PGRP-SA^seml flies resulted in loss of bacterial density beyond 20-days as (C) was seen in a direct comparison of 30-day old yw and PGRP-SA^seml flies. Values of mutants and controls were statistically compared using student’s t-test (***p<0.001).

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