Table 1. Average nest and cuticular CFUs ± S.D. of bacterial and fungal origin.

Z. angusticollis I. minor C. cavifrons I. shwarzi P Nest CFUs/gram           Bacterial 773 ± 468.0 0.1 ± 0.40 8.5 ± 28.0 57.8 ± 37.4 *** Fungal 50.9 ± 107.0 0.3 ± 0.8 14.7 ± 38.8 0 ***   Cuticular CFUs/cm2           Bacterial 190.2 ± 108.7 0.4 ± 2.1 0 3.8 ± 6.6 *** Fungal 0.1 ± 0.3 0.1 ± 0.6 2.5 ± 4.8 0 ***

*** denotes significance at P < 0.0001 by Kruskal-Wallis Test