Fig. 1From: A paratransgenic strategy to block transmission of Xylella fastidiosa from the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennisToxicity of melittin and SLM against P.agglomerans and X. fastidiosa. 105–106 CFUs of P. agglomerans and X. fastidiosa were treated with each AMP. O.D. 600 was measured 24 h after treatment of P. agglomerans with each AMP. Given the slow growth rate of X. fastidiosa, this organism was cultured 24 h after treatment with each AMP and CFUs were counted. P. agglomerans O.D.600 after treatment with - (a) melittin, c SLM; X. fastidiosa CFUs counts after treating with - (b) melittin, d SLM. Both melittin and SLM exerted greater toxicity toward X. fastidiosa than P. agglomerans. All values in each graph are combined results from two independent experimentsBack to article page