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 …

Fungal viruses unveiled: a comprehensive review of mycoviruses

B Hough, E Steenkamp, B Wingfield, D Read - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mycoviruses (viruses of fungi) are ubiquitous throughout the fungal kingdom and are
currently classified into 23 viral families and the genus botybirnavirus by the International …

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 …

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 …

Nine viruses from eight lineages exhibiting new evolutionary modes that co-infect a hypovirulent phytopathogenic fungus

F Mu, B Li, S Cheng, J Jia, D Jiang, Y Fu… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mycoviruses are an important component of the virosphere, but our current knowledge of
their genome organization diversity and evolution remains rudimentary. In this study, the …

Hadaka virus 1: A capsidless eleven-segmented positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus from a phytopathogenic fungus, Fusarium oxysporum

Y Sato, W Shamsi, A Jamal, MF Bhatti, H Kondo… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The search for viruses infecting fungi, or mycoviruses, has extended our knowledge about
the diversity of RNA viruses, as exemplified by the discovery of polymycoviruses, a …

Viruses Infecting the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Rhizoctonia solani

AH Abdoulaye, MF Foda, I Kotta-Loizou - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
The cosmopolitan fungus Rhizoctonia solani has a wide host range and is the causal agent
of numerous crop diseases, leading to significant economic losses. To date, no cultivars …

High Diversity of Novel Viruses in the Tree Pathogen Phytophthora castaneae Revealed by High-Throughput Sequencing of Total and Small RNA

M Raco, EJ Vainio, S Sutela, A Eichmeier… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phytophthora castaneae, an oomycete pathogen causing root and trunk rot of different tree
species in Asia, was shown to harbor a rich diversity of novel viruses from different families …

The viromes of six ecosystem service provider parasitoid wasps

GB Caldas-Garcia, VC Santos, PLC Fonseca… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Parasitoid wasps are fundamental insects for the biological control of agricultural pests.
Despite the importance of wasps as natural enemies for more sustainable and healthy …

Metagenomic detection and characterisation of multiple viruses in apparently healthy Australian Neophema birds

S Sarker - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Emerging viral pathogens are a significant concern, with potential consequences for human,
animal and environmental health. Over the past several decades, many novel viruses have …