*2.7. Statistics*

Di fferences in mortality dynamics were analyzed by a log rank test followed by Holm–Sidak adjustment. The χ2 criterion was applied in estimating the portion of sporulated and decomposed larvae. Other data were checked for normality of distribution using the Shapiro–Wilk W test. Conidia yields from cadavers had a normal distribution and were analyzed by a Student *t*-test. Data from CFU counts, OTU abundances, diversity indexes and gene expression had abnormal distributions and were analyzed by a nonparametric analogue of the two-way ANOVA, namely, the Scheirer–Ray–Hare test [69], followed by Dunn's post hoc test. Data from the antagonistic interactions between fungi and bacteria in vitro were analyzed by the Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn's post hoc test.
