Abstract
Seventy-seven temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants belonging to three antigenically distinct and geographically isolated members of the Bunyamwera complex--Batai virus, Bunyamwera virus, and Maguari virus--have been isolated after 5-fluorouracil treatment. High-frequency recombination was observed, and the mutants of each virus were classified into two groups, which were shown to be equivalent by heterologous recombination experiments. In most combinations heterologous recombination was less efficient than homologous recombination, but all crosses of group I and II mutants yielded viable recombinants. Recombination was an early event. Analysis by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the proteins of the wild-type viruses and recombinant clones obtained from the six possible heterologous combinations of group I and II mutants indicated that recombination occurred by reassortment of genome subunits. Group I appeared to correspond to the genome subunit coding for the N protein, and group II corresponded to the G1/G2 determinant. The G1 (or G2 or both) protein was associated with neutralization specificity and plaque diameter, and the N protein was associated with plaque opacity. Complementation was observed between two nonrecombining mutants of Maguari virus belonging to group I, which may indicate that the N genome subunit codes for an additional protein. There appeared to be no genetic barrier to exchange of genetic material between Batai, Bunyamwera, and Maguari viruses in vitro, and it is concluded that the Bunyamwera complex is potentially a single gene pool if geographical and ecological constraints are discounted.
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