Near-complete genome sequence of a type-A deformed wing virus discovered from Solenopsis invicta in Mississippi, USA

Xiaofen Liu; Godfrey Miles; Yu-Cheng Zhu; Michael Grodowitz; Esmaeil Amiri; Brian Scheffler; Jian Chen

doi:10.1128/mra.00921-24

Near-complete genome sequence of a type-A deformed wing virus discovered from Solenopsis invicta in Mississippi, USA

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Jan 14:e0092124. doi: 10.1128/mra.00921-24. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Xiaofen Liu¹, Godfrey Miles¹, Yu-Cheng Zhu², Michael Grodowitz¹, Esmaeil Amiri³, Brian Scheffler⁴, Jian Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ Biological Control of Pests Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
² Pollinator Health in Southern Crop Ecosystems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
³ Delta Research and Extension Center, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
⁴ Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.

PMID: 39807870
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00921-24

Abstract

Deformed wing virus (DWV) can cause a major disease in honeybees worldwide and has been detected in many other arthropods (S. J. Martin and L. E. Brettell, Annu Rev Virol 6:49-69, 2019, https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-virology-092818-015700). The presence and replication of DWV in Solenopsis invicta (red fire ant) were confirmed (G. P. Miles, X. F. Liu, E. Amiri, M. J. Grodowitz, et al., Insects 14:788, 2023, https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/10/788). Here, we document the DWV-A near-complete genome sequence from S. invicta in Mississippi, USA.

Keywords: deformed wing virus; honey bee; red imported fire ant.