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SUBMITTER: Stamets PE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172205 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stamets Paul E PE Naeger Nicholas L NL Evans Jay D JD Han Jennifer O JO Hopkins Brandon K BK Lopez Dawn D Moershel Henry M HM Nally Regan R Sumerlin David D Taylor Alex W AW Carris Lori M LM Sheppard Walter S WS
Scientific reports 20181004 1
Waves of highly infectious viruses sweeping through global honey bee populations have contributed to recent declines in honey bee health. Bees have been observed foraging on mushroom mycelium, suggesting that they may be deriving medicinal or nutritional value from fungi. Fungi are known to produce a wide array of chemicals with antimicrobial activity, including compounds active against bacteria, other fungi, or viruses. We tested extracts from the mycelium of multiple polypore fungal species kn ...[more]