The infectivity of polyhedra of nuclear polyhedrosis virus (N.P.V.) after passage through gut of an insectpredator.
Polyhedral inclusion bodies (P.I.B) of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus of Heliothis punctigera (Lep.) were found in excreta of Nabis tasmanicus (Het.), a predator of H. punctigera. An immunofluorescent counting method was used to estimate numbers of P.I.B. Bioassays demonstrated that no loss of infectivity occurred during passage through the gut.
D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006430:Hemiptera; D007304:Insect Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*