Talk:Lymantria dispar multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus

A fact from Lymantria dispar multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 October 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that LdMNPV's EGT gene is responsible for the infected larvae's 'zombie-like' behavior?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lymantria dispar multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus.

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DYK nomination

Formal name of species

I think the official name of this species approved by International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is "Lymantria dispar muticapsid nucleopolyherovirus." If my information is correct, it should be used in this article in lieu of "Lymantria dispar multicapsid nuclear polyhedrosis virus." ~~Ray Glock-Grueneich — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ray Glock-Grueneich (talk • contribs) 02:55, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. I used the uniprot link for my conclusion. Though I'm not positive about this, I'd welcome it. This is one of the stranger articles on Wikipedia and I'm glad it gets some views and attention. Hopefully you found the article informative. I spent quite a bit of time digging up information on this, but it's still far from complete. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 03:19, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I did find the article quite useful and appreciate your work. I have 2 corrections on my earlier comment. I wrote the comment from memory, and after careful checking with an ICTV document, the name proposed by ICTV is Lymantria dispar multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus" not "Lymantria dispar multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus."

The other problem with my earlier comment is that I represented that the name was the "official" name recognized by ICTV. Actually, they may be the case. But the document from which I obtained the information appears to be a 2012 "proposal" to be ratified by the membership of ICTV in 2013. I do not have confirmation that such proposal was in fact ratified.

So I would modify my suggestion as follows. I think for the present we keep the name as you entered it on the basis of the source you cited, which purports to be current. However, if we can confirm that the ICTV has formally adopted any particular name, that we conform the article to ICTV style, and treat any other name as a synonym.

I also welcome e-mail correspondence from you (and other Wikipedia community members) at grws@baymoon.com. Ray Glock-Grueneich (talk) 12:37, 11 January 2014 (UTC)Ray Glock-Grueneich[reply]

The name is a trivial matter for something like this, I think I made redirects to all the common versions of the name. If anything more concrete comes out, and believe me getting this "name" was rather arbitrary, we can easily move it. I did not want to have it listed as "Gypcheck" when that is a product or by the Canadian variant. I have absolutely no issues with being up to date and going with whatever the recognized name is. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 14:35, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Role of PTP

Given the research that indicates that PTP does not have anything to do with the tree climbing behavior of Lymantria dispar I agree the comment in this article should stand as written. However, I predict that subsequent research may show that ptp does affect tree climbing behavior in Lymantria dispar. The basis of my prediction is that a paper published October 15, 2012 found that PTP from Autographa californica induces "hyperactive behavior" in Spodoptera exigua. (Sorry I don't have more complete reference at this moment.) I would be surprised if there was not a behavioral as well as an infectivity effect of PTP to be ultimately established for Lymantria dispar. Ray Glock-Grueneich (talk) 02:28, 12 January 2014 (UTC)Ray Glock-Grueneich[reply]

Ray Glock-Grueneich I am really glad that you found the archival and collection of data by a novice like me to be useful and accurate. I've improved my written and research abilities quite a lot, but I think you may be correct. A study here and there which states the role of PTP may not be perfect, but I tried to be as careful as possible in giving balance and appropriate weight. If you have anything further, please continue to add additional details. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 02:39, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]