Mycoviral population dynamics in Spanish isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana
Author(s)
Filippou, Charalampos
Garrido-Jurado, Inmaculada
Meyling, Nicolai V
Quesada-Moraga, Enrique
Coutts, Robert HA
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The use of mycoviruses to manipulate the virulence of entomopathogenic fungi employed as biocontrol agents may lead to the development of novel methods to control attacks by insect pests. Such approaches are urgently required, as existing agrochemicals are being withdrawn from the market due to environmental and health concerns. The aim of this work is to investigate the presence and diversity of mycoviruses in large panels of entomopathogenic fungi, mostly from Spain and Denmark. In total, 151 isolates belonging to the genera Beauveria, Metarhizium, Lecanicillium, Purpureocillium, Isaria, and Paecilomyces were screened for the presence of dsRNA elements and 12 Spanish B. bassiana isolates were found to harbor mycoviruses. All identified mycoviruses belong to three previously characterised species, the officially recognised Beauveria bassiana victorivirus 1 (BbVV-1) and the proposed Beauveria bassiana partitivirus 2 (BbPV-2) and Beauveria bassiana polymycovirus 1 (BbPmV-1); individual B. bassiana isolates may harbor up to three of these mycoviruses. Notably, these mycovirus species are under distinct selection pressures, while recombination of viral genomes increases population diversity. Phylogenetic analysis of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene sequences revealed that the current population structure in Spain is potentially a result of both vertical and horizontal mycovirus transmission. Finally, pathogenicity experiments using the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata showed no direct correlation between the presence of any particular mycovirus and the virulence of the B. bassiana isolates, but illustrated potentially interesting isolates that exhibit relatively high virulence, which will be used in more detailed virulence experimentation in the future.
Date Issued
2018-12
Date Acceptance
2018-11-21
Citation
Viruses, 2018, 10 (12)
ISSN
1999-4915
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
Viruses
Volume
10
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Subjects
Beauveria bassiana
BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL
CERATITIS-CAPITATA DIPTERA
CHESTNUT BLIGHT
DIVERSITY
DOUBLE-STRANDED-RNA
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
METARHIZIUM-ANISOPLIAE
mycovirus
partitivirus
polymycovirus
recombination
Science & Technology
selection pressure
SOIL-MOISTURE
transmission
VEGETATIVE COMPATIBILITY GROUPS
victorivirus
Virology
VIRULENCE
VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
665
Date Publish Online
2018-11-24