Publications by authors named "Don B Stoltz"
Ichnoviruses (IVs), unique symbiotic viruses carried by ichneumonid campoplegine wasps, derive from integration of a paleo-ichnovirus into an ancestral wasp genome. The modern 'genome' is composed of both regions that are amplified, circularized and encapsidated into viral particles and non-encapsidated viral genomic regions involved in particle morphogenesis. Packaged genomes include multiple circular dsDNAs encoding many genes mostly organized in gene families.
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- - Two strains of slow bee paralysis virus (SBPV) from honeybees were sequenced, revealing a genome of about 9.5 kb that features a single open reading frame (ORF) and is typical of the Iflaviridae family.
- - The strains, named 'Rothamsted' and 'Harpenden', share 83% nucleotide identity and 94% amino acid identity, but this genetic similarity isn't evenly spread across their genomes.
- - Despite the co-existence of these strains in different proportions in lab samples, SBPV was found at low prevalence (<2%) in 847 honeybee colonies from five European countries, primarily in England and Switzerland, often in colonies affected by Varroa mites