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01.06.2013 | Annotated Sequence Record
Novel cyclovirus discovered in the Florida woods cockroach Eurycotis floridana (Walker)
verfasst von:
Marco Padilla-Rodriguez, Karyna Rosario, Mya Breitbart
Erschienen in:
Archives of Virology
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Ausgabe 6/2013
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Abstract
A novel cyclovirus (proposed genus “Cyclovirus”, family Circoviridae) was discovered in a specimen of Eurycotis floridana (Walker), also known as the Florida woods cockroach or palmetto bug, collected from Tarpon Springs, Florida. The Florida woods cockroach–associated cyclovirus GS140 (FWCasCyV-GS140) was obtained through a degenerate PCR assay and showed 64 % genome-wide pairwise identity to a cyclovirus identified in bat feces. This finding supports recent reports suggesting that Circoviridae members, traditionally thought to only infect vertebrates, are present within insect populations.