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Current Microbiology, Vol.43, No.6, 457-458, 2001
Genetic characterization of a putative densovirus from the mealybug Planococcus citri
Total genomic DNA preparations from the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri, contained a DNA band corresponding to 5.5 kilobases. This DNA was a linear molecule and was cloned into pUC18. Nucleotide sequence determination indicated that it was the replicative form of a densovirus, most closely related to the virus from Periplaneta fuliginosa (smokybrown cockroach).