Rod-shaped particles associated with a disease of alkali bees

Thomson, A. D.; Smirk, B. A.

doi:10.1016/0042-6822(66)90160-7

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“…Thus, it is likely that we have sampled the apiscitlodal virus and nomiamastrel virus that are in floral tissue, including pollen, carried on the honeybee and solitary bees during pollination. Although there is a wealth of information on viruses in honeybees, there is limited information, e.g., Thomsom and Smirk [ 91 ], on solitary bees of the genus Nomia .…”

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Two Novel Geminiviruses Identified in Bees (Apis mellifera and Nomia sp.)

Bandoo,

Kraberger,

Varsani

2024

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Members of the Geminviridae family are circular single-stranded DNA plant-infecting viruses, some of which impact global food production. Geminiviruses are vectored by sap-feeding insects such as leafhoppers, treehoppers, aphids, and whiteflies. Additionally, geminivirus sequences have also been identified in other insects such as dragonflies, mosquitoes, and stingless bees. As part of a viral metagenomics study on honeybees and solitary bees (Nomia sp.), two geminivirus genomes were identified. These represent a novel citlodavirus (from honeybees collected from Westmoreland, Jamaica) and a mastrevirus-like genome (from a solitary bee collected from Tempe, Arizona, USA). The novel honeybee-derived citlodavirus genome shares ~61 to 69% genome-wide nucleotide pairwise identity with other citlodavirus genome sequences and is most closely related to the passion fruit chlorotic mottle virus identified in Brazil. Whereas the novel solitary bee-derived mastrevirus-like genome shares ~55 to 61% genome-wide nucleotide identity with other mastreviruses and is most closely related to tobacco yellow dwarf virus identified in Australia, based on pairwise identity scores of the full genome, replication-associated protein, and capsid protein sequences. Previously, two geminiviruses in the Begomovirus genus were identified in samples of stingless bee (Trigona spp.) samples. Here, we identify viruses that represent two new species of geminiviruses from a honeybee and a solitary bee, which continues to demonstrate that plant pollinators can be utilized for the identification of plant-infecting DNA viruses in ecosystems.

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confidence: 99%