In an unexpected result, inhibiting the expression of two orthologues of PP6 complex members pph-6, the catalytic subunit, and saps-1, a regulatory subunit, accelerated the rate of death from infection when worms were challenged with P. aeruginosa at Day 6 of adulthood but not at the L4 larval stage (Fig 4E, 4F, 4G and 4H). This evidence concerns the gene PPP6R1 and infection.