Betabaculovirus

Betabaculovirus
Electron micrograph of Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus occlusion bodies
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Class: Naldaviricetes
Order: Lefavirales
Family: Baculoviridae
Genus: Betabaculovirus

Betabaculovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Baculoviridae. Arthropods serve as natural hosts. There are 29 species in this genus.

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species:

Structure

Viruses in Betabaculovirus are enveloped. Genomes are circular, around 80-180kb in length. The genome codes for 100 to 180 proteins.

GenusStructureSymmetryCapsidGenomic arrangementGenomic segmentation
BetabaculovirusBudded or OccludedEnvelopedCircularMonopartite

Life cycle

Viral replication is nuclear. Entry into the host cell is achieved by attachment of the viral glycoproteins to host receptors, which mediates endocytosis. Replication follows the dsDNA bidirectional replication model. Dna templated transcription, with some alternative splicing mechanism is the method of transcription. The virus exits the host cell by nuclear pore export, and existing in occlusion bodies after cell death and remaining infectious until finding another host. Arthropods serve as the natural host. Transmission routes are fecal-oral.

GenusHost detailsTissue tropismEntry detailsRelease detailsReplication siteAssembly siteTransmission
BetabaculovirusArthropodsMidgut then hemocoel; digestive gland epithelium (shrimps)Cell receptor endocytosisBudding; OcclusionNucleusNucleusOral-fecal

References

  1. ↑ Harrison, RL; Herniou, EA; Jehle, JA; Theilmann, DA; Burand, JP; Becnel, JJ; Krell, PJ; van Oers, MM; Mowery, JD; Bauchan, GR; Ictv Report, Consortium (September 2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Baculoviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 99 (9): 1185–1186. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001107. PMC 12662066. PMID 29947603.
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  3. 1 2 "Virus Taxonomy: 2025 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Species List: Baculoviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
   4. Rohrmann, G.F. 2019. Baculovirus Molecular Biology 4th Ed.       https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK543458/