Lactobacillus acidophilus L-92 and Improved Survival

• The mortality of Bombyx mori larvae challenged by BmNPV is reduced when supplemented with Lactobacillus acidophilus bacteria.

  • 2024-12-17
  • Clinical Trial
  • BMC research notes 17(1)
  • • Siripuk Suraporn
    • Vallaya Suthikhum
    • Olle Terenius

  • PubMed: 39690411
  • DOI: 10.1186/s13104-024-07019-9

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Survival

  • Low evidence
  • Animal Study

  When challenged with BmNPV on the second day of the 4th instar, the survival ratio was 92% for larvae supplemented with L. acidophilus as compared to 56% for larvae without L. acidophilus supplementation.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large