title: A densovirus newly isolated from the smoky-brown cockroach Periplaneta fuliginosa.
abstract: We purified a causing agent of fetal disease for smoky-brown cockroach Periplaneta fuliginosa, which was designated as "cockroach small spherical virus (CSSV)". Purified virus particles had a diameter of 22 +/- 0.6 nm and contained DNA as a single-stranded form. However, the extraction of DNA under condition of appropriate high salt and elevated temperature yielded a double-stranded DNA with a size of 5,500 nucleotides. These results were quite similar to those of other densoviruses (DNVs). The CSSV had five structural proteins (VP1: 52 KDa, VP2: 56 KDa, VP3: 79 KDa, VP4: 82 KDa, and VP5: 105 KDa). The SDS-PAGE profile of these proteins was quite different from that of the cockroach DNV previously reported and was rather similar to that of Bombyx mori (Bm) DNV-1. An immunochemical study, however, demonstrated that there was no immunological relationship between the CSSV and the Bm DNV-1. These data suggest that the CSSV is a new member of DNV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Wuhan University, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bando
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000032:analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D017990:Densovirus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000821:virology*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004279:DNA, Viral; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins