Bluegill virus

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  Bluegill virus (BGV) is a picorna-like virus isolated from the bluegill fish (Lepomis macrochirus). The bluegill is also known as bream, blue bream, sun perch, blue sunfish, copperhead, copperbelly or roach and lives in streams, rivers and lakes throughout North America.

References

Berthiaume, L., Robin, J. and Alain, R. (1982). Electron microscopic study of bluegill virus. Can. J. Microbiol. 28: 398-402.

Robin, J. and Dery, C. (1982). The genome of Bluegill virus. Can. J. Microbiol. 28: 58-64.

Robin, J. and Lariviere-Durand, C. (1983). Bluegill virus is a ribovirus of positive-strand polarity. Arch Virol. 77: 119-125.

Robin, J., Lariviere-Durand, C., Berthiaume, L. (1982). Plaque assay of bluegill virus using a methylcellulose overlay. J. Virol. Methods. 5: 351-354.

Wolf, K. (1988). Fish Viruses and Viral Diseases. Cornwell University Press, Ithaca, 476 pp.

 

 
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