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 …

Continued mycovirus discovery expanding our understanding of virus lifestyles, symptom expression, and host defense

Y Sato, N Suzuki - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
High-throughput sequencing technologies have greatly expanded the RNA virome in
general and have led to an exponential increase in new fungal viruses, also known as …

Virion-associated nucleic acid-based metagenomics: a decade of advances in molecular characterization of plant viruses

O Moubset, S François, F Maclot, E Palanga… - …, 2022 - Am Phytopath Society
Over the last decade, viral metagenomic studies have resulted in the discovery of thousands
of previously unknown viruses. These studies are likely to play a pivotal role in obtaining an …

[HTML][HTML] New clades of viruses infecting the obligatory biotroph Bremia lactucae representing distinct evolutionary trajectory for viruses infecting oomycetes

M Forgia, S Daghino, M Chiapello, M Ciuffo… - Virus …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent advances in high throughput sequencing (HTS) approaches allowed a broad
exploration of viromes from different fungal hosts, unveiling a great diversity of mycoviruses …

[HTML][HTML] The good, the bad and the cryptic: The multifaceted roles of mycoviruses and their potential applications for a sustainable agriculture

HA Khan, L Nerva, MF Bhatti - Virology, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycoviruses are natural inhabitants of fungi and have been identified in almost all fungal
taxonomic groups. Mycoviruses that infect phytopathogenic fungi are now becoming a hot …

A Capsidless Virus Is trans-Encapsidated by a Bisegmented Botybirnavirus

J Jia, F Mu, Y Fu, J Cheng, Y Lin, B Li, D Jiang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT RNA viruses usually have linear genomes and are encapsidated by their own
capsids. Here, we newly identified four mycoviruses and two previously reported …

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Yadokariviridae 2023

Y Sato, S Das, L Velasco, M Turina… - Journal of General …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
The family Yadokariviridae, with the genera Alphayadokarivirus and Betayadokarivirus,
includes capsidless non-segmented positive-sense (+) RNA viruses that hijack capsids from …

Mycovirus Hunting Revealed the Presence of Diverse Viruses in a Single Isolate of the Phytopathogenic Fungus Diplodia seriata From Pakistan

HA Khan, P Telengech, H Kondo, MF Bhatti… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Diplodia seriata in the family Botryosphaeriaceae is a cosmopolitan phytopathogenic fungus
and is responsible for causing cankers, fruit rot and leaf spots on economically important …

Mycovirus-induced hypovirulence in notorious fungi Sclerotinia: a comprehensive review

HA Khan, M Mukhtar, MF Bhatti - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Members of the genus Sclerotinia are notorious plant pathogens with a diverse host range
that includes many important crops. A huge number of mycoviruses have been identified in …

Three-layered complex interactions among capsidless (+) ssRNA yadokariviruses, dsRNA viruses, and a fungus

Y Sato, S Hisano, CJ López-Herrera, H Kondo… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have previously discovered a virus neo-lifestyle exhibited by a capsidless positive-sense
(+), single-stranded (ss) RNA virus YkV1 (family Yadokariviridae) and an unrelated double …