Mycovirus diversity and evolution revealed/inferred from recent studies

H Kondo, L Botella, N Suzuki - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
High-throughput virome analyses with various fungi, from cultured or uncultured sources,
have led to the discovery of diverse viruses with unique genome structures and even neo …

Mycoviruses as a part of the global virome: Diversity, evolutionary links and lifestyle

MA Ayllón, EJ Vainio - Advances in virus research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of mycovirus diversity, evolution, horizontal gene transfer and shared
ancestry with viruses infecting distantly related hosts, such as plants and arthropods, has …

SARS-CoV-2 gene content and COVID-19 mutation impact by comparing 44 Sarbecovirus genomes

I Jungreis, R Sealfon, M Kellis - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Despite its clinical importance, the SARS-CoV-2 gene set remains unresolved, hindering
dissection of COVID-19 biology. We use comparative genomics to provide a high …

Analysis of the virome associated to grapevine downy mildew lesions reveals new mycovirus lineages

M Chiapello, J Rodríguez-Romero, MA Ayllón… - Virus …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The obligatory biotrophic oomycetes Plasmopara viticola is the causal agent of downy
mildew, a destructive disease of grapevine worldwide. So far, chemical fungicides are …

Novel mycoviruses discovered in the mycovirome of a necrotrophic fungus

A Ruiz-Padilla, J Rodríguez-Romero, I Gómez-Cid… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Botrytis cinerea is one of the most important plant-pathogenic fungus. Products based on
microorganisms can be used in biocontrol strategies alternative to chemical control, and …

The virome from a collection of endomycorrhizal fungi reveals new viral taxa with unprecedented genome organization

S Sutela, M Forgia, EJ Vainio, M Chiapello… - Virus …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Mutualistic plant-associated fungi are recognized as important drivers in plant evolution,
diversity, and health. The discovery that mycoviruses can take part and play important roles …

[PDF][PDF] Identification of RNA Virus–Derived RdRp Sequences in Publicly Available Transcriptomic Data Sets

I Olendraite, K Brown, AE Firth - Molecular biology and evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
RNA viruses are abundant and highly diverse and infect all or most eukaryotic organisms.
However, only a tiny fraction of the number and diversity of RNA virus species have been …

Single mosquito metatranscriptomics identifies vectors, emerging pathogens and reservoirs in one assay

J Batson, G Dudas, E Haas-Stapleton, AL Kistler, LM Li… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Mosquitoes are major infectious disease-carrying vectors. Assessment of current and future
risks associated with the mosquito population requires knowledge of the full repertoire of …

A novel ambigrammatic mycovirus, PsV5, works hand in glove with wheat stripe rust fungus to facilitate infection

Y Zhang, X Liang, M Zhao, T Qi, H Guo, J Zhao… - Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Here we describe a novel narnavirus, Puccinia striiformis virus 5 (PsV5), from the
devastating wheat stripe rust fungus P. striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst). The genome of PsV5 …

Revealing RNA virus diversity and evolution in unicellular algae transcriptomes

J Charon, S Murray, EC Holmes - Virus Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Remarkably little is known about the diversity and evolution of RNA viruses in unicellular
eukaryotes. We screened a total of 570 transcriptomes from the Marine Microbial Eukaryote …