Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) sacbrood virus in Turkey

Authors : Gülnur KALAYCI, Abdurrahman Anil ÇAĞIRGAN, Kemal PEKMEZ, Buket ÖZKAN, Murat KAPLAN

Pages : 551-554

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Sacbrood virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SBV); is widely distributed in honeybees. It is an infectious and contagious disease, which affects both the larvae and adult stages of honeybees insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Apis mellifera);. This study reports the detection of sacbrood virus in Turkey in 2017. Phylogenetic analysis based on partial sequences encoding the polyprotein gene was carried out in SBV-infected bees from four different apiaries. Phylogenetic analysis revealed noteworthy results. Although European-South American, Asian, and Korean genotypes have a maximum of 5.3% variance with each other, the variation rates between them and the Turkish genotype were 10.4%, 11.4%, and 12.5%, respectively. Sequences of Turkish isolates did not fit into the previously reported genotype groups; furthermore, they created a completely separate branch according to phylogeny. This new branch was therefore named the Turkish genotype.
Keywords : Genotype, honeybee, phylogeny, sacbrood virus, Turkey