Impact of a Complex Food Microbiota on Energy Metabolism in the Model Organism Caenorhabditis elegans

Figure 1

Effect of MBC microbiota on nematode lifespan and adult body size. (a) Kaplan-Meier survival plot of N2 worms fed with LAB consortium. Lifespans of E. coli OP50- and LGG-fed animals are reported as controls; for each data point of single experiments. (b) Effect of LAB feeding on C. elegans body size. Worms were grown in the presence of OP50, LGG (controls), or MBC-derived LAB and their length was measured from head to tail at the indicated time points. The blue or grey asterisks indicate the values (log-rank test) against OP50 or LGG, respectively.

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