Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus | |
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Virus classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Class: | Naldaviricetes |
Order: | Lefavirales |
Family: | Baculoviridae |
Genus: | Alphabaculovirus |
Species: | Alphabaculovirus aucalifornicae |
Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is a nucleopolyhedrovirus belonging to the family Baculoviridae . [1] It has a double-stranded DNA genome that is 133,894 base pairs in length with 155 ORFs. [2] The virus forms occluded bodies called polyhedra each containing multiple virions. AcMNPV has been shown to infect more than thirty lepidopteran hosts from 10 families. [3]