A Virus Associated with SR-Spirochetes of Drosophila nebulosa
- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 67 (3), 1565-1572
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.67.3.1565
Abstract
A virus is associated with a strain of transovarially-transmitted SR-spirochetes, NSR, of Drosophila. This virus, designated spv-1, is able to infect and to multiply in another strain of SR-spirochetes, WSR, thereby eliminating the SR condition from the host flies. Spv-1 contains DNA, has a buoyant density of 1.480 in CsCl, and is spherical in shape, measuring 50-60 nm in diameter.Keywords
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