Genome sequence of a novel iflavirus from mRNA sequencing of the pupa of Bombyx mori inoculated with Cordyceps militaris

Abstract

We discovered a novel iflavirus from the transcriptome of the Bombyx mori pupa inoculated with the insect-pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris. The assembled iflavirus genome has 10,119 nucleotides, with a 3'-polyadenylated tail, and it encodes a polyprotein composed of 3,004 amino acids.