PMID- 35020182 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220725 LR - 20220725 IS - 1678-8052 (Electronic) IS - 1519-566X (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 4 DP - 2022 Aug TI - Isolation of a Novel Alphabaculovirus (Baculoviridae) from Automeris liberia (Cramer, 1780) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in African Oil Palms in Brazil. PG - 637-640 LID - 10.1007/s13744-021-00940-9 [doi] AB - A novel baculovirus observed to infect Automeris liberia (Cramer) (bullseye moth) is here described. Caterpillars of A. liberia with symptoms of viral infection were collected from African oil palm plantations in Tailandia, PA, Brazil. Macerated caterpillars were then offered to caterpillars of Automeris cinctistriga (Felder & Rogenhoper), leading to viral symptoms and death before pupation. A transmission electron microscope was used for virus ultrastructural identification. The presence of viral occlusion bodies (OBs) containing multiple nucleocapsids was observed and such features are compatible with Alphabaculovirus (Baculoviridae). Molecular detection by PCR with primers for polyhedrin gene (polh) and for late expression factor-8 gene (lef-8), confirmed that this isolate belonged to Alphabaculovirus genus. To our knowledge, this is the first record of a baculovirus isolated from or associated to Automeris. The name Automeris liberia nucleopolyhedrovirus (AuliNPV) is proposed for the new virus. CI - (c) 2022. Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil. FAU - Guzzo, Elio Cesar AU - Guzzo EC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0990-122X AD - Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Unidade de Execucao de Pesquisa de Rio Largo, Alagoas, Rio Largo, Brazil. elio.guzzo@embrapa.br. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Protecao de Plantas - PPGPP, Campus de Engenharias e Ciencias Agrarias - CECA, Univ Federal de Alagoas - UFAL, Alagoas, Rio Largo, Brazil. elio.guzzo@embrapa.br. FAU - Silva, Kelly Barbosa AU - Silva KB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1364-9098 AD - Lab de Pesquisa em Recursos Naturais - LPqRN, Campus de Engenharias e Ciencias Agrarias - CECA, Univ Federal de Alagoas - UFAL, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil. FAU - Silva, Chryslane Barbosa AU - Silva CB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0811-6716 AD - Lab de Pesquisa em Recursos Naturais - LPqRN, Campus de Engenharias e Ciencias Agrarias - CECA, Univ Federal de Alagoas - UFAL, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil. FAU - Chia, Gilson Sanchez AU - Chia GS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7894-4584 AD - Grupo Agropalma S/A, Para, Tailandia, Brazil. FAU - Tinoco, Ricardo Salles AU - Tinoco RS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9957-7445 AD - Acrotech Sementes e Reflorestamento Ltda, Minas Gerais, Vicosa, Brazil. FAU - de Souza, Marlinda Lobo AU - de Souza ML AD - Embrapa Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Distrito Federal, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Sanches, Marcio Martinello AU - Sanches MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4680-8879 AD - Embrapa Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Distrito Federal, Brasilia, Brazil. FAU - Acevedo, Juan Pablo Molina AU - Acevedo JPM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0030-3760 AD - Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Unidade de Execucao de Pesquisa de Rio Largo, Alagoas, Rio Largo, Brazil. AD - Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Protecao de Plantas - PPGPP, Campus de Engenharias e Ciencias Agrarias - CECA, Univ Federal de Alagoas - UFAL, Alagoas, Rio Largo, Brazil. AD - Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria - AGROSAVIA, Cordoba, Cerete, Colombia. FAU - Goulart, Henrique Fonseca AU - Goulart HF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0532-6133 AD - Lab de Pesquisa em Recursos Naturais - LPqRN, Campus de Engenharias e Ciencias Agrarias - CECA, Univ Federal de Alagoas - UFAL, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil. FAU - Santana, Antonio Euzebio Goulart AU - Santana AEG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3750-438X AD - Lab de Pesquisa em Recursos Naturais - LPqRN, Campus de Engenharias e Ciencias Agrarias - CECA, Univ Federal de Alagoas - UFAL, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil. LA - eng GR - 001/Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior/ GR - 11.15.02.001.03.05/Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220112 PL - Netherlands TA - Neotrop Entomol JT - Neotropical entomology JID - 101189728 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Baculoviridae MH - Brazil MH - *Lepidoptera MH - Liberia MH - *Moths MH - *Nucleopolyhedroviruses/genetics/ultrastructure MH - Phylogeny OTO - NOTNLM OT - Automeris spp. OT - Baculovirus OT - Biological control OT - Biopesticide OT - Entomopathogenic virus OT - Insect pathology EDAT- 2022/01/13 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/26 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/12 12:38 PHST- 2021/05/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/12 12:38 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s13744-021-00940-9 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s13744-021-00940-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neotrop Entomol. 2022 Aug;51(4):637-640. doi: 10.1007/s13744-021-00940-9. Epub 2022 Jan 12.