Divergent LysM effectors contribute to the virulence of Beauveria bassiana by evasion of insect immune defenses
Fig 5
Insect hemocyte encapsulation and fungal developments in insect hemocoels on a time scale.
The last instar larvae of wax moth were injected with spores of WT and mutants and bled at different times (labeled on the left) for microscopic examination of insect cellular immune responses and fungal developments. Bar: 10 μm. Arrows in different panels point to fungal cells. For overexpression of Blys2 in the WT strains of B. bassiana, both the GpdA (to obtain the transformant WT::gp-Blys2) and laccase (WT::lp-Blys2) gene promoters were used to control gene transcription.