Sequences Encoding a Novel Toursvirus Identified from Southern and Northern Corn Rootworms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
2022
Sijun Liu | Thomas W. Sappington | Brad S. Coates | Bryony C. Bonning
Sequences derived from a novel toursvirus were identified from pooled genomic short read data from U.S. populations of southern corn rootworm (SCR, <i>Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi</i> Barber) and northern corn rootworm (NCR, <i>Diabrotica barberi</i> Smith & Lawrence). Most viral sequences were identified from the SCR genomic dataset. As proteins encoded by toursvirus sequences from SCR and NCR were almost identical, the contig sets from SCR and NCR were combined to generate 26 contigs. A total of 108,176 bp were assembled from these contigs, with 120 putative toursviral ORFs identified indicating that most of the viral genome had been recovered. These ORFs included all 40 genes that are common to members of the <i>Ascoviridae</i>. Two genes typically present in <i>Ascoviridae</i> (<i>ATP binding cassette transport system permeases</i> and <i>Baculovirus repeated open reading frame</i>), were not detected. There was evidence for transposon insertion in viral sequences at different sites in the two host species. Phylogenetic analyses based on a concatenated set of 45 translated protein sequences clustered toursviruses into a distinct clade. Based on the combined evidence, we propose taxonomic separation of toursviruses from <i>Ascoviridae</i>.
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