Single-stranded RNA viruses infecting the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Abstract Social insects host a diversity of viruses. We examined New Zealand populations of the globally widely distributed invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) for RNA viruses. We used metatranscriptomic analysis, which identified six potential novel viruses in the Dicistroviridae family. Of...

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Main Authors: Monica A. M. Gruber, Meghan Cooling, James W. Baty, Kevin Buckley, Anna Friedlander, Oliver Quinn, Jessica F. E. J. Russell, Alexandra Sébastien, Philip J. Lester
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c2968244301c4f19a8ba143e2b60c63b
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