[A cytoplasmic virus in the scorpion Buthus occitanus Amoreux].
Isometric virus particles, 60 nm in diameter, have been isolated from diseased scorpions. The virus is pathogenic after ingestion. Its morphogenesis occurs in the cytoplasm of hepatopancreas cells which are totally destroyed at the end of the disease.
D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000382:microbiology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010179:Pancreas / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012605:Scorpions / Q000382:microbiology*; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure
Un virus cytoplasmique chez le scorpion Buthus occitanus Amoreux