Inhibition of P. falciparum development in vector mosquitoes by recombinant P. agglomerans strains. A. gambiae mosquitoes were fed on 5% (wt/vol) sugar solution supplemented with either PBS (−Bact) or recombinant P. agglomerans strains and 32 h later fed on a P. falciparum–infected blood meal. Oocyst numbers were determined 8 d after blood meal. Each dot represents the oocyst number of an individual midgut and horizontal lines indicate mean values. Data were pooled from four biological replicates. Recombinant P. agglomerans strains were engineered to express the E-tagged HlyA leader peptide alone (HlyA) or mPLA2, Pro:EPIP, Shiva1, scorpine, and (EPIP)4 (Table S1), fused to HlyA (Fig. S3), as indicated. Inhibition, inhibition of oocyst formation relative to the −Bact control; Mean, mean oocyst number per midgut; Median, median oocyst number per midgut; N, number of mosquitoes analyzed; Prevalence, percentage of mosquitoes carrying at least one oocyst; Range, range of oocyst numbers per midgut; Tbp, transmission-blocking potential: 100 − {(prevalence of mosquitoes fed with recombinant P. agglomerans)/[prevalence of control (−Bact) mosquitoes] × 100}.