Genome Sequence of a Novel Positive-Sense, Single-Stranded RNA Virus Isolated from Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte

Sijun Liu; Yuting Chen; Thomas W Sappington; Bryony C Bonning

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00366-17

Genome Sequence of a Novel Positive-Sense, Single-Stranded RNA Virus Isolated from Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte

Genome Announc. 2017 May 18;5(20):e00366-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00366-17.

Authors

Sijun Liu¹, Yuting Chen², Thomas W Sappington³, Bryony C Bonning¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA sliu@iastate.edu bbonning@ufl.edu.
² Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
³ Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Ames, Iowa, USA.

Abstract

The genome sequence of a novel small RNA virus was assembled from the transcriptome of the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera The assembled genome has 13,182 nucleotides with a 3' polyadenylated tail. Two open reading frames are predicted to encode polyproteins of 2,838 and 1,073 amino acids.