Novel ollusvirus detected in a solitary wild bee species (Osmia taurus) in Japan

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 168; no. 7; p. 183
• Main Authors: Takemae, Hitoshi, Nunomura, Yuka, Yokota, Tomoko, Oba, Mami, Mizutani, Tetsuya, Hsu, Wei-Li, Sakamoto, Yoshiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.07.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Amino acids; bee viruses; bees; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brief Report; Chuviridae; DNA-directed RNA polymerase; Genes; genome; Genomes; Genomics; Glycoproteins; Infectious Diseases; Japan; Medical Microbiology; nucleoproteins; Osmia; Osmia cornifrons; Osmia taurus; Parasites; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Pollinators; rivers; RNA polymerase; RNA-directed RNA polymerase; Virology; Viruses; Japan

Pathogens of wild bees in Japan remain largely unknown. We examined viruses harbored by solitary wild Osmia bees, including Osmia cornifrons and Osmia taurus . Interestingly, the full-length genome of a novel virus (designated as "Osmia-associated bee chuvirus", OABV) was identified in thr...