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Surveillance work was initiated to study the presence of highly infectious diseases like Ebola-Reston, Marburg, Nipah and other possible viruses that are known to be found in the bat species and responsible for causing diseases in humans. A novel adenovirus was isolated from a common species of fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaultii) captured in Maharashtra State, India. Partial sequence analysis of the DNA polymerase gene shows this isolate to be a newly recognized member of the genus Mastadenovirus (family Adenoviridae), approximately 20% divergent at the nucleotide level from Japanese BatAdV, its closest known relative.
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Infecciones por Adenoviridae/veterinaria , Quirópteros/virología , Mastadenovirus/aislamiento & purificación , Infecciones por Adenoviridae/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Adenoviridae/virología , Animales , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/análisis , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/genética , India , Mastadenovirus/clasificación , Mastadenovirus/genética , ARN Viral/genéticaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVES: Mosquito densonucleosis viruses (DNVs) are known to persistently infect the insect cell line and mosquito population in nature, causing mortality in mosquitoes. Here we report the isolation and characterization of a DNV from Aedes aegypti and its distribution among different Ae. aegypti populations from India. METHODS: We screened Ae. aegypti mosquito populations from different states of India by PCR. Virus isolation and purification was performed using a cesium chloride gradient from a positive mosquito colony. Characterization of this isolate was carried out by electron microscopy, Western blot and sequencing. RESULTS: Electron microscopy showed the presence of parvovirus-like particles, and Western blot showed the presence of 2 viral proteins of 40 and 41 kDa. A total of 3,776 bases of genome were sequenced, which included a 3'UTR of 128 bases, a coding region of 3,507 bases and a 5'UTR of 141 bases. Three open reading frames (ORFs) were identified and characterized. The NIVDNV genome showed 95% similarity with Culex pipiens pallens DNV and 93% similarity with Ae. aegypti DNV. CONCLUSION: Phylogenetic analysis of all 3 ORFs showed that this new isolate falls in the lineage of Brevidensovirus along with other mosquito DNVs.
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Aedes/virología , Densovirus/aislamiento & purificación , Animales , ADN Viral/análisis , Densovirus/genética , Densovirus/ultraestructura , India , Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta , Filogenia , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Homología de Secuencia de AminoácidoRESUMEN
Cytochrome o was the only oxidase of the electron transport system that was present in exponentially growing Salmonella typhimurium ST1. Identification of cytochrome o was made by the (CO-reduced)-minus-(reduced) difference spectra and by the photochemical action spectrum of the relief, by light, of CO-inhibited respiration. Cytochrome o also functioned as the receptor for chemotaxis to oxygen (aerotaxis). The concentration of oxygen that elicits the maximum response for aerotaxis (0.7 microM) was similar to the Km for respiration (0.74 microM), and both aerotaxis and respiration were blocked 5 mM KCN.