<p>The intestinal function of NHR-68 is required for pathogen avoidance behavior.</p>

<p><b>(A)</b><i>P. aeruginosa</i> occupancy index of wild-type animals fed empty vector control or <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi at 8 h and 12 h. <b>(B)</b> <i>P. aeruginosa</i> occupancy index of MGH171 animals fed empty vector control or <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi at 8 h and 12 h. <b>(C)</b> <i>P. aeruginosa</i> occupancy index of MAH677 animals fed empty vector control or <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi at 8 hr and 12 hr. <b>(D)</b> <i>P. aeruginosa</i> occupancy index for WT, <i>nhr-68(gk708)</i> and <i>nhr-68(gk708);vha-6p::nhr-68</i> animals at 8 h and 12 h after seeding.

The occupancy index was calculated as (<i>N</i>_on lawn/<i>N</i>_total). Data are presented as mean ± SD from three independent experiments (<i>N</i> = 3; <i>n</i> = 90 animals per condition per experiment). <b>(E)</b> Survival of wild-type animals fed empty vector control or <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi on <i>P. aeruginosa</i> at 25 °C. Mean survival times were 2.24 and 2.89 days, respectively. Empty vector vs. <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi, <i>p</i> < 0.0001. <b>(F)</b> Survival of MGH171 animals fed empty vector control or <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi on <i>P. aeruginosa</i> at 25 °C. Mean survival times were 2.23 and 3.02 days, respectively.