Feces production as a form of social immunity in an insect with facultative maternal care

Table 1 Influences of feces producer and mother-offspring interactions on antimicrobial activities (a) per full sample and (b) per mg of feces

	*B. subtilis*	*S. aureus*	*A. niger*	*S. cerevisiae*
(a) Activity per full feces sample
Feces producer (FP)	P = 0.440	P = 0.098	P = 0.005	P <0.0001
Mother-offspring interactions (MO)	P = 0.808	P = 0.104	P = 0.342	P = 0.051
FP : MO	P = 0.553	P = 0.934	P = 0.068	P = 0.215
(b) Activity per mg of feces
Feces producer (FP)	P <0.0001	P = 0.008	P = 0.095	P = 0.080
Mother-offspring interactions (MO)	P = 0.813	P = 0.575	P = 0.052	P = 0.078
FP : MO	P = 0.812	P = 0.731	P = 0.037	P = 0.089

Feces producers were either the mother or the nymphs. P-values were obtained from randomized ANOVAs and the significant ones are in bold.

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