Definition of baculovirus in English:
baculovirus
noun ˈbakjʊlə(ʊ)ˌvʌɪrəsˈbakyəlōˌvīrəs
Biology A member of a family of DNA viruses infecting only invertebrate animals. Some have a very specific insect host, and may be used in biological pest control.
Example sentencesExamples
- Dietary phenolics also can inhibit insect pathogenic baculoviruses.
- This baculovirus is highly specific for mosquitoes and isn't known to be detrimental to people, plants, or wildlife.
- In the nuclei of caterpillar cells infected with baculoviruses, viral progeny multiply and are incorporated into protective polyhedron-shaped protein structures called occlusion bodies.
- And baculoviruses don't kill pest insects as rapidly as chemical insecticides.
- The team adapted the outer layer, or ‘coat,’ from a baculovirus, a virus that infects butterflies and moths, onto another modified virus.
Origin
1980s: from Latin baculum 'rod, stick' + virus.