RNA viruses ofi Crithidia/ii bombi,/i a of bumblebees

0582960 - BC 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Klocek, D. - Grybchuk, D. - Macedo, D. H. - Galan, A. - Votýpka, Jan - Schmid-Hempel, R. - Schmid-Hempel, P. - Yurchenko, V. - Kostygov, A.Y.
RNA viruses ofi Crithidia/ii bombi,/i a of bumblebees.
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. Roč. 201, NOV (2023), č. článku 107991. ISSN 0022-2011. E-ISSN 1096-0805
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : alignment * parasite * pollination * terrestris * diversity * virulence * biology * crops * bees * Leishbuviridae * Bombus * Viral transmission
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 3.4, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
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Leishbuviridae (Bunyavirales) are a diverse monophyletic group of negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus infecting parasitic flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae. The presence of RNA viruses in trypanosomatids can influence the virulence of the latter. Here, we performed a screening for viruses in Crithidia bombi a common parasite of important pollinators Bombus spp. (bumblebees) that negatively affects its host in stressful conditions. The majority (8/10) of C. bombi isolates collected in Europe and North America were positive for a virus that we named Crithidia bombi leishbuvirus 1 with high conservation of amino acid sequences between isolates. The results of our comparative phylogenetic analyses of the trypanosomatids and their viruses suggest that the high mobility of bumblebees and frequent coinfections by different strains of C. bombi determine an extensive viral exchange between the latter.
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