Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health

ABSTRACT Honey bees are eusocial insects that are commercially managed to provide pollination services for agricultural crops. Recent increased losses of honey bee colonies (averaging 32% annually since 2006) are associated with the incidence and abundance of pathogens. In their study in mBio, J. L....

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Autor principal:	Michelle L. Flenniken
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c1d02d3c74fe4610a719cd49ffa708272021-11-15T15:45:14ZHoney Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health10.1128/mBio.00877-142150-7511https://doaj.org/article/c1d02d3c74fe4610a719cd49ffa708272014-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00877-14https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Honey bees are eusocial insects that are commercially managed to provide pollination services for agricultural crops. Recent increased losses of honey bee colonies (averaging 32% annually since 2006) are associated with the incidence and abundance of pathogens. In their study in mBio, J. L. Li et al. [mBio 5(1):e00898-13, 2014, doi:10.1128/mBio.00898-13] share their discovery that a plant virus, tobacco ring spot virus (TRSV), replicates in honey bees and that the prevalence of this virus was high in weak colonies. Their findings increase our understanding of the role of viruses in honey bee colony losses and underscore the importance of surveying for new and/or emerging viruses in honey bees. Furthermore, their findings will pique the interest of virologists and biologists across all disciplines. The discovery that a plant virus (TRSV) replicates, spreads, and negatively affects the health of an insect host will lead to additional studies on the mechanisms of host-specific adaptation and the role of cross-kingdom infections in the transmission of this virus.Michelle L. FlennikenAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Microbiology QR1-502 Michelle L. Flenniken Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health
description	ABSTRACT Honey bees are eusocial insects that are commercially managed to provide pollination services for agricultural crops. Recent increased losses of honey bee colonies (averaging 32% annually since 2006) are associated with the incidence and abundance of pathogens. In their study in mBio, J. L. Li et al. [mBio 5(1):e00898-13, 2014, doi:10.1128/mBio.00898-13] share their discovery that a plant virus, tobacco ring spot virus (TRSV), replicates in honey bees and that the prevalence of this virus was high in weak colonies. Their findings increase our understanding of the role of viruses in honey bee colony losses and underscore the importance of surveying for new and/or emerging viruses in honey bees. Furthermore, their findings will pique the interest of virologists and biologists across all disciplines. The discovery that a plant virus (TRSV) replicates, spreads, and negatively affects the health of an insect host will lead to additional studies on the mechanisms of host-specific adaptation and the role of cross-kingdom infections in the transmission of this virus.
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title	Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health
title_short	Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health
title_full	Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health
title_fullStr	Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health
title_full_unstemmed	Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health
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Honey Bee-Infecting Plant Virus with Implications on Honey Bee Colony Health

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