<p>NHR-68 RNAi inhibits pathogen avoidance behavior via the chemosensory neuron AWC.</p>

<p><b>(A)</b><i>P. aeruginosa</i> occupancy indexes of WT and AWC(−) 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 for WT and AWB(−) 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 WT and ASI(−) animals fed empty vector control or <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi at 8 h and 12 h. <b>(D)</b> <i>P. aeruginosa</i> occupancy index of WT and ASE(−) animals fed empty vector control or <i>nhr-68</i> RNAi at 8 hr and 12 hr. <b>(E–H)</b> <i>P. aeruginosa</i> occupancy indexes at 8 h and 12 h for WT and sensory neuron-ablated animals treated with vehicle or LA.

Each panel includes WT animals and one neuron-ablated strain: <b>(E)</b> AWC(−), <b>(F)</b> AWB(−), <b>(G)</b> ASI(−), or <b>(H)</b> ASE(−). LA, linoleic acid. The means and SDs of three independent experiments are shown; the bars, indicated by solid black horizontal lines within the violin plots, represent the means, and the error bars, indicated by thin horizontal lines within the violin plots, represent the SD.