title: Characterization of baculoviruses from the Martignoni collection.
abstract: 47 samples from the Martignoni baculovirus collection were characterized by PCR amplification of the lef-8 gene. This led to the identification of sequences from viruses that either were not present in the database, or had been identified, but not further characterized. These included an NPV and a GV from Pseudoletia (Mythimna) unipuncta, and NPVs from Coloradia pandora, the oak and hemlock looper (probably Lambdina sp.), Peridroma sp., the pine butterfly (probably Neophasia sp.), Hemileuca sp., Orgyia vetusta, and several Choristoneura sp. A phylogenetic tree was constructed relating these viruses to their closest relatives in the database.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3804, USA. rohrmanng@orst.edu
authors.forename: George F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Rohrmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007313:Insecta / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D018071:Polydnaviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral
keywords: Choristoneura sp. baculovirus; Coloradia pandora baculovirus; Hemileuca sp.baculovirus; Mythimna unipuncta baculovirus; Oak/hemlock looper baculovirus; Peridroma sp. baculovirus