Table 1 Counts of bacteria cells hosted by the midgut of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella.

From: Midgut bacteria in deltamethrin-resistant, deltamethrin-susceptible, and field-caught populations of Plutella xylostella, and phenomics of the predominant midgut bacterium Enterococcus mundtii

Insect source

Bacterial counts in each larval midgut (log CFU ml−1 gut suspension)

Luria Bertani

Nutrient agar

Deltamethrin-resistant population

6.17 ± 0.16b

6.68 ± 0.26a

Deltamethrin-susceptible population

5.70 ± 0.10c

6.32 ± 0.25a

Field-caught population

6.14 ± 0.09b

5.76 ± 0.12c

LSD (P ≥ 0.05)

0.14

0.18

  1. Column values followed by same letters are not significantly different from each other at 0.05%.
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