Bacteria-Free Areola (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Bacteria-Free Areola

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A Petri dish has been inoculated with E. coli bacteria -- indicated by the white dots -- and shows the enormous antibacterial potential of H. axyridis. Whereas native species Adalia bipunctata and Coccinella septempunctata have not or hardly formed a bacteria-free areola, H. axyridis has killed all bacteria in its surroundings.

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Andreas Vilcinskas, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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