Figure 2
From: Extracts of Polypore Mushroom Mycelia Reduce Viruses in Honey Bees
Lake Sinai virus (LSV) is reduced by fungal extract treatments. (A) All 36 individual bee abdomens from our source population tested positive for both DWV and LSV. LSV was more highly expressed than DWV, and more highly expressed than the honey bee RpS5 reference gene. (B) Fungal extracts reduced LSV titers in bees after 7 days of treatment. F. fomentarius significantly reduced LSV at a 1% dosage (2-tailed t-test, n = 8, t = 3.96, p = 0.009, ΔΔCt fold change = 5.40). The greatest fold change difference was seen with G. resinaceum extract where treatment reduced LSV levels in bees 499-fold compared to bees fed only sucrose syrup (2-tailed t-test, n = 8, t = 2.59, p = 0.084).
