A Novel Ambisense Densovirus, Acheta domesticus Mini Ambidensovirus, from Crickets

Genome Announc. 2013 Nov 7;1(6):e00914-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00914-13.

Abstract

The genome structure of Acheta domesticus mini ambidensovirus, isolated from crickets, resembled that of ambisense densoviruses from Lepidoptera but was 20% smaller. It had the highest (<25%) protein sequence identity with the nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of Iteravirus and VP of Densovirus members (both with 25% coverage) and smaller (0.2- versus 0.55-kb) Y-shaped inverted terminal repeats.