Figure 3
From: Growth kinetics of endosymbiont Wolbachia in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius
Relationship of Wolbachia and bed bug DNA across development of the Harold Harlan (HH) and Jersey City (JC) strains of Cimex lectularius. The ratio of Wolbachia 16S rRNA amplicon copy number per bed bug across development relative to unfed bed bugs of each of the three life stages. For each nymphal stage (1st and 5th), represented are unfed newly molted nymphs, 2 days post-feeding (2 d PF), and 1 day before the molt to the next stage (1 d BM). For adult females, days after a blood-meal are shown. Each mean represents n = 7–9 individual bed bugs.
