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Table 3 Mean (± SD) median lethal time (LT50, h), mean lifespan (MLS, h), maximum mean lifespan (MMLS, h), lifespan inhibition rate (LIR, %) of D. melanogaster receiving combinational macrofungal mycelium-supplemented diets lasting for 24 h

From: Effects of combinational mycelia obtained via in vitro culture on ageing and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster and their mechanisms

Groups

LT50/h

MLS/h

MMLS/h

LIR/%

CK

1404.00 ± 72.75a

1450.00 ± 63.59a

1984.67 ± 98.07a

–

A

28.00 ± 3.46b

32.05 ± 1.46c

64.00 ± 1.83d

97.79 ± 0.01b

B

70.00 ± 3.46b

77.63 ± 2.06b

156.20 ± 1.93b

94.64 ± 0.30f

C

66.00 ± 0.00b

68.88 ± 0.23bc

137.8 ± 0.92bc

95.24 ± 0.20e

D

24.00 ± 0.00b

24.73 ± 0.93c

48.00 ± 2.62d

98.29 ± 0.13a

E

38.00 ± 3.46b

42.53 ± 0.72bc

89.40 ± 0.60bc

97.06 ± 0.11c

F

54.00 ± 0.00b

53.75 ± 0.48bc

104.60 ± 1.93bc

96.29 ± 0.19d

G

32.00 ± 3.46b

35.43 ± 1.54bc

71.40 ± 2.62 cd

97.55 ± 0.21b

F value

1039.572

1456.686

1113.185

162.606

df

7

7

7

6

P value

0.000

  1. The means labelled by different letters are significantly different between treatment groups at P < 0.05 (Tukey’s test). CK—the control group—received an ordinary diet with no combinational macrofungal mycelia. Flies in treatments A, B, C, D, E, F, and G received a mycelium-supplemented diet with A. virgineoides, P. rubicundus, L. nuda, A. virgineoides + P. rubicundus, A. virgineoides + L. nuda, P. rubicundus + L. nuda, and A. virgineoides + P. rubicundus + L. nuda, respectively