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A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees

Wasps of the genus Vespula are social insects that have become major pests and predators in their introduced range. Viruses present in these wasps have been studied in the context of spillover from honey bees, yet we lack an understanding of the endogenous virome of wasps as potential reservoirs of...

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Autores principales: Remnant, Emily J., Baty, James W., Bulgarella, Mariana, Dobelmann, Jana, Quinn, Oliver, Gruber, Monica A. M., Lester, Philip J.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452301
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13081431
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author Remnant, Emily J.
Baty, James W.
Bulgarella, Mariana
Dobelmann, Jana
Quinn, Oliver
Gruber, Monica A. M.
Lester, Philip J.
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Baty, James W.
Bulgarella, Mariana
Dobelmann, Jana
Quinn, Oliver
Gruber, Monica A. M.
Lester, Philip J.
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description Wasps of the genus Vespula are social insects that have become major pests and predators in their introduced range. Viruses present in these wasps have been studied in the context of spillover from honey bees, yet we lack an understanding of the endogenous virome of wasps as potential reservoirs of novel emerging infectious diseases. We describe the characterization of 68 novel and nine previously identified virus sequences found in transcriptomes of Vespula vulgaris in colonies sampled from their native range (Belgium) and an invasive range (New Zealand). Many viruses present in the samples were from the Picorna-like virus family (38%). We identified one Luteo-like virus, Vespula vulgaris Luteo-like virus 1, present in the three life stages examined in all colonies from both locations, suggesting this virus is a highly prevalent and persistent infection in wasp colonies. Additionally, we identified a novel Iflavirus with similarity to a recently identified Moku virus, a known wasp and honey bee pathogen. Experimental infection of honey bees with this novel Vespula vulgaris Moku-like virus resulted in an active infection. The high viral diversity present in these invasive wasps is a likely indication that their polyphagous diet is a rich source of viral infections.
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spelling pubmed-84027892021-08-29 A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees Remnant, Emily J. Baty, James W. Bulgarella, Mariana Dobelmann, Jana Quinn, Oliver Gruber, Monica A. M. Lester, Philip J. Viruses Article Wasps of the genus Vespula are social insects that have become major pests and predators in their introduced range. Viruses present in these wasps have been studied in the context of spillover from honey bees, yet we lack an understanding of the endogenous virome of wasps as potential reservoirs of novel emerging infectious diseases. We describe the characterization of 68 novel and nine previously identified virus sequences found in transcriptomes of Vespula vulgaris in colonies sampled from their native range (Belgium) and an invasive range (New Zealand). Many viruses present in the samples were from the Picorna-like virus family (38%). We identified one Luteo-like virus, Vespula vulgaris Luteo-like virus 1, present in the three life stages examined in all colonies from both locations, suggesting this virus is a highly prevalent and persistent infection in wasp colonies. Additionally, we identified a novel Iflavirus with similarity to a recently identified Moku virus, a known wasp and honey bee pathogen. Experimental infection of honey bees with this novel Vespula vulgaris Moku-like virus resulted in an active infection. The high viral diversity present in these invasive wasps is a likely indication that their polyphagous diet is a rich source of viral infections. MDPI 2021-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8402789/ /pubmed/34452301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13081431 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Remnant, Emily J.
Baty, James W.
Bulgarella, Mariana
Dobelmann, Jana
Quinn, Oliver
Gruber, Monica A. M.
Lester, Philip J.
A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees
title A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees
title_full A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees
title_fullStr A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees
title_full_unstemmed A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees
title_short A Diverse Viral Community from Predatory Wasps in Their Native and Invaded Range, with a New Virus Infectious to Honey Bees
title_sort diverse viral community from predatory wasps in their native and invaded range, with a new virus infectious to honey bees
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452301
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13081431
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