Effect of germline and gonad ablation on the survival of <i>C. elegans</i> exposed to pathogenic <i>X. nematophila</i>.

<p>(A) Survival of <i>C. elegans</i> wild-type un-ablated (red) n = 50 (5 independent replicates), Z(2,3) germline-ablated (blue) n = 78 (8) and somatic gonad and germline ablation Z(1,4) (green) n = 48 (5) when exposed to <i>X. nematophila</i>. (B) Survival of germline-ablated Z(2,3) <i>C. elegans</i> wild-type (dark blue) n = 78 (8), Z(2,3)-ablated <i>daf-16</i> (<i>mu26</i>) (turquoise) n = 35 (4), Z(2,3)-ablated <i>daf-16</i> (<i>mu27</i>) (orange) n = 29 (3), Z(2,3)-ablated <i>daf-16</i> (<i>mu86</i>) (light blue) n = 10 (1), Z(2,3)-ablated <i>daf-12(m20)</i> (pink) n = 14 (2), Z(2,3)-ablated <i>tcer-1(tm1452)</i> (purple) n = 15 (2), Z(2,3)-ablated <i>mir-7.1(n4115)</i> (green) n = 25 (3) and Z(2,3)-ablated <i>nhr-80(tm1011)</i> (red) n = 30 (3) when exposed to <i>X. nematophila</i>. (C) Survival of Z(2,3)-ablated <i>C. elegans</i> wild-type (blue) n = 78 (8) and Z(2,3)-ablated <i>daf-2(e1370)</i> mutants (red) n = 47 (5) when exposed to <i>X. nematophila</i>.