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Journal of Virology, April 2004, p. 3244-3251, Vol. 78, No. 7
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.7.3244-3251.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Ancient Coevolution of Baculoviruses and Their Insect Hosts

Elisabeth A. Herniou,1,2* Julie A. Olszewski,1 David R. O'Reilly,1,{dagger} and Jenny S. Cory2,

Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, London SW7 2AZ,1 Molecular Ecology and Biocontrol Group, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford OX1 3SR, United Kingdom2

Received 23 July 2003/ Accepted 10 December 2003

If the relationships between baculoviruses and their insect hosts are subject to coevolution, this should lead to long-term evolutionary effects such as the specialization of these pathogens for their hosts. To test this hypothesis, a phylogeny of the Baculoviridae, including 39 viruses from hosts of the orders Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera, was reconstructed based on sequences from the genes lef-8 and ac22. The tree showed a clear division of the baculoviruses according to the order of their hosts. This division highlighted the need to reconsider the classification of the baculoviruses to include one or possibly two new genera. Furthermore, the specialization of distinct virus lineages to particular insect orders suggests ancient coevolutionary interactions between baculoviruses and their hosts.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 2075942304. Fax: 44 2075942339. E-mail: e.herniou{at}imperial.ac.uk.

{dagger} Present address: Syngenta, Jealotts Hill International Research Station, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, United Kingdom.

{ddagger} Present address: Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, 6909 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands

Journal of Virology, April 2004, p. 3244-3251, Vol. 78, No. 7
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.7.3244-3251.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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