PMID- 16313938 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060405 LR - 20181201 IS - 0042-6822 (Print) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 346 IP - 1 DP - 2006 Mar 1 TI - Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of baculoviruses from Lepidoptera. PG - 180-93 AB - PCR amplification of the highly conserved baculovirus genes late expression factor 8 (lef-8), late expression factor 9 (lef-9) and polyhedrin/granulin (polh/gran) combined with molecular phylogenetic analyses provide a powerful tool to identify lepidopteran-specific baculoviruses and to study their diversity. In the present investigation, we have improved the degenerate oligonucleotides and corroborated the approach that was recently described by Lange et al. (Lange, M., Wang, H., Zhihong, H., Jehle, J.A., 2004. Towards a molecular identification and classification system of lepidopteran-specific baculoviruses. Virology 325, 36-47.). Baculovirus DNA was isolated from 71 uncharacterized historic baculovirus samples, and partial gene sequences were amplified by using gene-specific degenerate PCR primers. The obtained PCR products were directly sequenced, and the deduced amino acid sequences were compiled and aligned with published sequences of these target genes. A phylogenetic tree of 117 baculoviruses was inferred using maximum parsimony and distance methods. Based on the comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the partial lef-8, lef-9 and polh/gran genes, we propose a phylogenetic species criterion for lepidopteran-specific baculoviruses that uses the genetic distances of these genes for species demarcation. FAU - Jehle, Johannes A AU - Jehle JA AD - Laboratory for Biotechnological Crop Protection, Department of Phytopathology, Agricultural Service Center Palatinate (DLR Rheinpfalz), Breitenweg 71, 67435 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany. Johannes.Jehle@dlr.rlp.de FAU - Lange, Martin AU - Lange M FAU - Wang, Hualin AU - Wang H FAU - Hu, Zhihong AU - Hu Z FAU - Wang, Yongjie AU - Wang Y FAU - Hauschild, Rudiger AU - Hauschild R LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AY706313 SI - GENBANK/AY706525 SI - GENBANK/AY706526 SI - GENBANK/AY706527 SI - GENBANK/AY706528 SI - GENBANK/AY706529 SI - GENBANK/AY706530 SI - GENBANK/AY706531 SI - GENBANK/AY706532 SI - GENBANK/AY706533 SI - GENBANK/AY706534 SI - GENBANK/AY706535 SI - GENBANK/AY706536 SI - GENBANK/AY706537 SI - GENBANK/AY706538 SI - GENBANK/AY706539 SI - GENBANK/AY706540 SI - GENBANK/AY706541 SI - GENBANK/AY706543 SI - GENBANK/AY706544 SI - GENBANK/AY706545 SI - GENBANK/AY706546 SI - GENBANK/AY706547 SI - GENBANK/AY706548 SI - GENBANK/AY706549 SI - GENBANK/AY706550 SI - GENBANK/AY706551 SI - GENBANK/AY706553 SI - GENBANK/AY706554 SI - GENBANK/AY706555 SI - GENBANK/AY706556 SI - GENBANK/AY706557 SI - GENBANK/AY706558 SI - GENBANK/AY706559 SI - GENBANK/AY706560 SI - GENBANK/AY706561 SI - GENBANK/AY706562 SI - 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IM MH - Animals MH - Baculoviridae/*classification/*genetics MH - DNA, Viral/analysis MH - Lepidoptera/*virology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Occlusion Body Matrix Proteins MH - *Phylogeny MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Viral Proteins/genetics MH - Viral Structural Proteins EDAT- 2005/11/30 09:00 MHDA- 2006/04/06 09:00 CRDT- 2005/11/30 09:00 PHST- 2005/08/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/09/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2005/10/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/11/30 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/11/30 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0042-6822(05)00727-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2005.10.032 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2006 Mar 1;346(1):180-93. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.10.032. Epub 2005 Nov 28.