Fig. 2

Increased fat body heterochromatin formation reduces the bacterial loads of P. aeruginosa. A Schematic of fly collection at different time points in the early, middle, and late stages of PA14 infection for the CFU measurement. CFU results for time points indicated by blue circles are presented in Fig. S5. B Bacterial loads of C564-driven HP1a and control flies were counted at 0, 15, and 27 hpi. CFU experiments at 15 and 27 hpi are representative of 5 independent experiments, and each experiment included 5 flies for the CFU measurement. CFU experiments at 0 hpi are representative of 5 independent experiments, and each experiment included 1 fly for the CFU measurement. *p < 0.05 by Student’s t-test. CFU, colony forming unit; hpi, hrs post infection; ns, not significant