<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Sacbrood virus (SBV) is one of the most common and harmful viruses to honeybees. It causes failure to pupate and death during larval stage, in adult bees it has an influence on their behavior and even shortens their life-span. In this study, we analyzed the phylogenetic relationships among the SBV isolates from all around the world, with from both Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Phylogenetic trees were constructed based on three types of nucleotide sequences: complete genome sequence, VP1 gene and SB1-2 fragment of SBV. Moreover, genome recombination analysis was performed to assess the effect of genome recombination on the evolutionary relationship of some SBV isolates. The phylogenetic trees showed that although all the SBV isolates form two major groups, these two groups were not formed strictly according to their host specificity or geographical origin. These results indicate that both host specificity and geographic origin decide the genetic diversity of SBV strains.</p></abstract>

Sacbrood virus (SBV) is one of the most common and harmful viruses to honeybees. It causes failure to pupate and death during larval stage, in adult bees it has an influence on their behavior and even shortens their life-span. In this study, we analyzed the phylogenetic relationships among the SBV isolates from all around the world, with from both Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Phylogenetic trees were constructed based on three types of nucleotide sequences: complete genome sequence, VP1 gene and SB1-2 fragment of SBV. Moreover, genome recombination analysis was performed to assess the effect of genome recombination on the evolutionary relationship of some SBV isolates. The phylogenetic trees showed that although all the SBV isolates form two major groups, these two groups were not formed strictly according to their host specificity or geographical origin. These results indicate that both host specificity and geographic origin decide the genetic diversity of SBV strains.

Phylogenetic analysis of the honeybee Sacbrood virus

Honeybee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330045, China

Journal of Apicultural Science

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Sacbrood virus (SBV) is one of the most common and harmful viruses to honeybees. It causes failure to pupate and death during larval stage, in adult bees it...

Phylogenetic analysis of the honeybee Sacbrood virus

Published Online: Jun 03, 2016

Page range: 31 - 38

Received: May 21, 2015

Accepted: Apr 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2016-0009

Keywords
recombination, geographic origin, host specificity, nucleotide sequence, phylogenetic relationship, SBV

© by Zi Long Wang

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Phylogenetic analysis of the honeybee Sacbrood virus

Published Online: Jun 03, 2016

Page range: 31 - 38

Received: May 21, 2015

Accepted: Apr 06, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2016-0009

Keywordsrecombination, geographic origin, host specificity, nucleotide sequence, phylogenetic relationship, SBV

© by Zi Long Wang

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
recombination, geographic origin, host specificity, nucleotide sequence, phylogenetic relationship, SBV