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

Figure 7

Biodiversity of nematode intestinal microbiota. Rep fingerprinting profiles of bacterial colonies randomly chosen after plating MBC homogenates used to feed worms (a) or nematode intestinal lysates at L4 stage (b) and 8 days of adulthood (c) following LAB microbiota supplementation. Arabic numerals indicate each isolate, while roman numerals or letters identify rep groups. M: 1 kb DNA ladder, Promega. Only representative rep groups are shown in panels a and c.

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