
%0 Journal Article
%A Day, MF 
%A Dudzinski, ML 
%T The Effect of Temperature on the Development of Sericesthis Iridescent Virus
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1966/06/01
%V 19
%N 3
%P 481-494
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9660481
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9660481 
%X Development of Sericesthis iridescent virus (SIV) in larvae and prepupae of the wax moth Galleria mellonella is very sensitive to temperature. The optimum for SIV growth is 22°C in the wax moth, but it is probably slightly higher in the scarab Sericesthis pruinosa. SIV is not normally produced in wax moth prepupae at temperatures above 30°C and production of neither viral protein nor nucleic acid was detected at 35°C. 
