Fig. 3: Complex bacterial community changes the physiology of Pristionchus pacificus.
From: Microbiota succession influences nematode physiology in a beetle microcosm ecosystem
a A Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) of P. pacificus metabolic pathways on grub carcasses compared to E. coli OP50 via the KEGG gene set. Enriched pathways with a false discovery rate adjusted p-value < 0.05 are presented. The size of the circle indicates the number of genes in the pathway. b Oil-red-O staining indicates lipid droplet contents on P. pacificus. From top to bottom, wild type on E. coli OP50, wild type (early stage), cellulase-null mutant (early stage), wild type (late stage), and cellulase-null mutant (late stage) on grub carcasses. Scale bar = 100 μm. c The proportion of dauer larvae in nematode population of P. pacificus wild type and cellulase-null mutant feeding on grub carcasses at the late stage. Nematodes on individual plates (n = 6) were counted, and a one-tailed t-test was performed. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
