Fig. 5From: Associated bacteria of a pine sawyer beetle confer resistance to entomopathogenic fungi via fungal growth inhibitionNumber of gut and cuticle microbiota in Monochamus alternatus larvae infected by Beauveria bassiana. qPCR analysis on M. alternatus larvae (gut, n = 5; cuticle, n = 3) using universal 16S rRNA gene primers (a, d), Pseudomonas specific primers (b, e) and Serratia specific primers (c, f). Bars with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)Back to article page