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Table 2 Proportions of different types of cells in cultures and experimentally infected flies

From: Vickermania gen. nov., trypanosomatids that use two joined flagella to resist midgut peristaltic flow within the fly host

 

Number of flagella/nuclei/kinetoplasts

Sample size

2/1/1

1/1/1

2/2/2, 2/1/2, 2/2/1

> 2 flagella

Others

CP021

 culture

60.9%

16.3%

12.0%

5.8%

5.1%

276

 gut

80.8%

16.4%

0.7%

0.0%

2.1%

287

 p value*

< 0.001

0.97

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.055

 

S13

 culture

57.5%

23.6%

7.5%

4.7%

6.6%

212

 gut

64.3%

28.4%

6.2%

0.3%

0.5%

370

 p value*

0.1

0.21

0.55

< 0.001

< 0.001

 
  1. *Calculated using χ2 test