Identification and Full Characterisation of Two Novel Crustacean Infecting Members of the Family <i>Nudiviridae</i> Provides Support for Two Subfamilies

Identification and Full Characterisation of Two Novel Crustacean Infecting Members of the Family <i>Nudiviridae</i> Provides Support for Two Subfamilies

Multiple enveloped viruses with rod-shaped nucleocapsids have been described, infecting the epithelial cell nuclei within the hepatopancreas tubules of crustaceans. These bacilliform viruses share the ultrastructural characteristics of nudiviruses, a specific clade of viruses infecting arthropods. U...

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Main Authors: Kelly S. Bateman, Rose Kerr, Grant D. Stentiford, Tim P. Bean, Chantelle Hooper, Benigna Van Eynde, Daan Delbare, Jamie Bojko, Olivier Christiaens, Clauvis N. T. Taning, Guy Smagghe, Monique M. van Oers, Ronny van Aerle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
nudivirus
<i>Crangon crangon</i>
<i>Carcinus maenas</i>
brown shrimp
shore crab
virus classification
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1694

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