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Rede JE, Breitbart M, Lundquist C, Nagasaki K, Hewson I. Diverse RNA viruses discovered in multiple seagrass species. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0302314. [PMID: 39196976 PMCID: PMC11356395 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/30/2024] Open
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Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that form highly productive and diverse ecosystems. These ecosystems, however, are declining worldwide. Plant-associated microbes affect critical functions like nutrient uptake and pathogen resistance, which has led to an interest in the seagrass microbiome. However, despite their significant role in plant ecology, viruses have only recently garnered attention in seagrass species. In this study, we produced original data and mined publicly available transcriptomes to advance our understanding of RNA viral diversity in Zostera marina, Zostera muelleri, Zostera japonica, and Cymodocea nodosa. In Z. marina, we present evidence for additional Zostera marina amalgavirus 1 and 2 genotypes, and a complete genome for an alphaendornavirus previously evidenced by an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene fragment. In Z. muelleri, we present evidence for a second complete alphaendornavirus and near complete furovirus. Both are novel, and, to the best of our knowledge, this marks the first report of a furovirus infection naturally occurring outside of cereal grasses. In Z. japonica, we discovered genome fragments that belong to a novel strain of cucumber mosaic virus, a prolific pathogen that depends largely on aphid vectoring for host-to-host transmission. Lastly, in C. nodosa, we discovered two contigs that belong to a novel virus in the family Betaflexiviridae. These findings expand our knowledge of viral diversity in seagrasses and provide insight into seagrass viral ecology.
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- Jordan E. Rede
- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
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- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand
- School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America
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Moubset O, Filloux D, Fontes H, Julian C, Fernandez E, Galzi S, Blondin L, Chehida SB, Lett JM, Mesléard F, Kraberger S, Custer JM, Salywon A, Makings E, Marais A, Chiroleu F, Lefeuvre P, Martin DP, Candresse T, Varsani A, Ravigné V, Roumagnac P. Virome release of an invasive exotic plant species in southern France. Virus Evol 2024; 10:veae025. [PMID: 38566975 PMCID: PMC10986800 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veae025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
Abstract
The increase in human-mediated introduction of plant species to new regions has resulted in a rise of invasive exotic plant species (IEPS) that has had significant effects on biodiversity and ecosystem processes. One commonly accepted mechanism of invasions is that proposed by the enemy release hypothesis (ERH), which states that IEPS free from their native herbivores and natural enemies in new environments can outcompete indigenous species and become invasive. We here propose the virome release hypothesis (VRH) as a virus-centered variant of the conventional ERH that is only focused on enemies. The VRH predicts that vertically transmitted plant-associated viruses (PAV, encompassing phytoviruses and mycoviruses) should be co-introduced during the dissemination of the IEPS, while horizontally transmitted PAV of IEPS should be left behind or should not be locally transmitted in the introduced area due to a maladaptation of local vectors. To document the VRH, virome richness and composition as well as PAV prevalence, co-infection, host range, and transmission modes were compared between indigenous plant species and an invasive grass, cane bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis), in both its introduced range (southern France) and one area of its native range (Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA). Contrary to the VRH, we show that invasive populations of B. barbinodis in France were not associated with a lower PAV prevalence or richness than native populations of B. barbinodis from the USA. However, comparison of virome compositions and network analyses further revealed more diverse and complex plant-virus interactions in the French ecosystem, with a significant richness of mycoviruses. Setting mycoviruses apart, only one putatively vertically transmitted phytovirus (belonging to the Amalgaviridae family) and one putatively horizontally transmitted phytovirus (belonging to the Geminiviridae family) were identified from B. barbinodis plants in the introduced area. Collectively, these characteristics of the B. barbinodis-associated PAV community in southern France suggest that a virome release phase may have immediately followed the introduction of B. barbinodis to France in the 1960s or 1970s, and that, since then, the invasive populations of this IEPS have already transitioned out of this virome release phase, and have started interacting with several local mycoviruses and a few local plant viruses.
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- Oumaima Moubset
- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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- Tour du Valat, Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes, Le Sambuc, Arles 13200, France
- Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et Ecologie, UMR CNRS-IRD, Avignon Université, Aix-Marseille Université, IUT d’Avignon, Avignon 84911, France
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- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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- Tour du Valat, Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes, Le Sambuc, Arles 13200, France
- Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et Ecologie, UMR CNRS-IRD, Avignon Université, Aix-Marseille Université, IUT d’Avignon, Avignon 84911, France
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Research, Conservation and Collections, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA
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- Vascular Plant Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 734 West Alameda Drive, Tempe Tempe, AZ 85282, USA
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- UMR BFP, University Bordeaux, INRAE, Villenave d’Ornon 33140, France
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- Division of Computational Biology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Rd, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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- UMR BFP, University Bordeaux, INRAE, Villenave d’Ornon 33140, France
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town 7700, South Africa
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- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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- UMR PHIM, CIRAD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Baillarguet TA A-54/K, Montpellier 34090, France
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van der Loos LM, De Coninck L, Zell R, Lequime S, Willems A, De Clerck O, Matthijnssens J. Highly divergent CRESS DNA and picorna-like viruses associated with bleached thalli of the green seaweed Ulva. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0025523. [PMID: 37724866 PMCID: PMC10581178 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00255-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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Marine macroalgae (seaweeds) are important primary producers and foundation species in coastal ecosystems around the world. Seaweeds currently contribute to an estimated 51% of the global mariculture production, with a long-term growth rate of 6% per year, and an estimated market value of more than US$11.3 billion. Viral infections could have a substantial impact on the ecology and aquaculture of seaweeds, but surprisingly little is known about virus diversity in macroalgal hosts. Using metagenomic sequencing, we characterized viral communities associated with healthy and bleached specimens of the commercially important green seaweed Ulva. We identified 20 putative new and divergent viruses, of which the majority belonged to the Circular Rep-Encoding Single-Stranded (CRESS) DNA viruses [single-stranded (ss)DNA genomes], Durnavirales [double-stranded (ds)RNA], and Picornavirales (ssRNA). Other newly identified RNA viruses were related to the Ghabrivirales, the Mitoviridae, and the Tombusviridae. Bleached Ulva samples contained particularly high viral read numbers. While reads matching assembled CRESS DNA viruses and picorna-like viruses were nearly absent from the healthy Ulva samples (confirmed by qPCR), they were very abundant in the bleached specimens. Therefore, bleaching in Ulva could be caused by one or a combination of the identified viruses but may also be the result of another causative agent or abiotic stress, with the viruses simply proliferating in already unhealthy seaweed tissue. This study highlights how little we know about the diversity and ecology of seaweed viruses, especially in relation to the health and diseases of the algal host, and emphasizes the need to better characterize the algal virosphere. IMPORTANCE Green seaweeds of the genus Ulva are considered a model system to study microbial interactions with the algal host. Remarkably little is known, however, about viral communities associated with green seaweeds, especially in relation to the health of the host. In this study, we characterized the viral communities associated with healthy and bleached Ulva. Our findings revealed the presence of 20 putative novel viruses associated with Ulva, encompassing both DNA and RNA viruses. The majority of these viruses were found to be especially abundant in bleached Ulva specimens. This is the first step toward understanding the role of viruses in the ecology and aquaculture of this green seaweed.
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- Luna M. van der Loos
- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Section of Experimental Virology, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Cluster of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Hough B, Steenkamp E, Wingfield B, Read D. Fungal Viruses Unveiled: A Comprehensive Review of Mycoviruses. Viruses 2023; 15:1202. [PMID: 37243288 PMCID: PMC10224137 DOI: 10.3390/v15051202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
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 Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). The primary focus of mycoviral research has been on mycoviruses that infect plant pathogenic fungi, due to the ability of some to reduce the virulence of their host and thus act as potential biocontrol against these fungi. However, mycoviruses lack extracellular transmission mechanisms and rely on intercellular transmission through the hyphal anastomosis, which impedes successful transmission between different fungal strains. This review provides a comprehensive overview of mycoviruses, including their origins, host range, taxonomic classification into families, effects on their fungal counterparts, and the techniques employed in their discovery. The application of mycoviruses as biocontrol agents of plant pathogenic fungi is also discussed.
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- Forestry & Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Biochemistry, Genetics & Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; (B.H.); (E.S.); (D.R.)
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Ayllón MA, Vainio EJ. Mycoviruses as a part of the global virome: Diversity, evolutionary links and lifestyle. Adv Virus Res 2023; 115:1-86. [PMID: 37173063 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2023.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Knowledge of mycovirus diversity, evolution, horizontal gene transfer and shared ancestry with viruses infecting distantly related hosts, such as plants and arthropods, has increased vastly during the last few years due to advances in the high throughput sequencing methodologies. This also has enabled the discovery of novel mycoviruses with previously unknown genome types, mainly new positive and negative single-stranded RNA mycoviruses ((+) ssRNA and (-) ssRNA) and single-stranded DNA mycoviruses (ssDNA), and has increased our knowledge of double-stranded RNA mycoviruses (dsRNA), which in the past were thought to be the most common viruses infecting fungi. Fungi and oomycetes (Stramenopila) share similar lifestyles and also have similar viromes. Hypothesis about the origin and cross-kingdom transmission events of viruses have been raised and are supported by phylogenetic analysis and by the discovery of natural exchange of viruses between different hosts during virus-fungus coinfection in planta. In this review we make a compilation of the current information on the genome organization, diversity and taxonomy of mycoviruses, discussing their possible origins. Our focus is in recent findings suggesting the expansion of the host range of many viral taxa previously considered to be exclusively fungal, but we also address factors affecting virus transmissibility and coexistence in single fungal or oomycete isolates, as well as the development of synthetic mycoviruses and their use in investigating mycovirus replication cycles and pathogenicity.
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- María A Ayllón
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain; Departamento Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, E.T.S.I. Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain.
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- Forest Health and Biodiversity, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
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Sidharthan VK, Rajeswari V, Vanamala G, Baranwal VK. Revisiting the amalgaviral landscapes in plant transcriptomes expands the host range of plant amalgaviruses. Virology 2022; 577:65-73. [PMID: 36308887 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2022.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Plant amalgaviruses are monopartite, double-stranded RNA viruses, capable of vertical transmission through seeds. An attempt to revisit plant transcriptome-assembled contigs for amalgaviral sequences identified 40 putative novel amalgaviruses in 35 plant species, nearly doubling the number of plant amalgaviruses. Of the 35 plant species, 33 are reported to host amalgaviruses for the first time, including a pteridophytic and two gymnospermic species. Coding-complete genomes of all identified viruses were recovered and the putative +1 programmed ribosomal frameshift (PRF) sites were determined. Genomes of 35 identified amalgaviruses contained the conserved +1 PRF motif 'UUU_CGN', while variant versions were predicted in five genomes. Phylogenetic analysis grouped pteridophyte- and gymnosperm-infecting amalgaviruses together in divergent sub-clades while few of the related angiosperm-infecting amalgaviruses infect members of the same plant family, reiterating the co-evolution of plant amalgaviruses and their hosts. The current study paves way for further studies on understanding biological properties of identified viruses.
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- V Kavi Sidharthan
- Division of Genetics and Tree Improvement, Institute of Forest Biodiversity (ICFRE), Hyderabad, India.
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- Department of Crop Physiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Division of Genetics and Tree Improvement, Institute of Forest Biodiversity (ICFRE), Hyderabad, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
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Moubset O, François S, Maclot F, Palanga E, Julian C, Claude L, Fernandez E, Rott P, Daugrois JH, Antoine-Lorquin A, Bernardo P, Blouin AG, Temple C, Kraberger S, Fontenele RS, Harkins GW, Ma Y, Marais A, Candresse T, Chéhida SB, Lefeuvre P, Lett JM, Varsani A, Massart S, Ogliastro M, Martin DP, Filloux D, Roumagnac P. Virion-Associated Nucleic Acid-Based Metagenomics: A Decade of Advances in Molecular Characterization of Plant Viruses. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:2253-2272. [PMID: 35722889 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-03-22-0096-rvw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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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 accurate and robust understanding of how viruses affect the stability and productivity of ecosystems. Among the metagenomics-based approaches that have been developed since the beginning of the 21st century, shotgun metagenomics applied specifically to virion-associated nucleic acids (VANA) has been used to disentangle the diversity of the viral world. We summarize herein the results of 24 VANA-based studies, focusing on plant and insect samples conducted over the last decade (2010 to 2020). Collectively, viruses from 85 different families were reliably detected in these studies, including capsidless RNA viruses that replicate in fungi, oomycetes, and plants. Finally, strengths and weaknesses of the VANA approach are summarized and perspectives of applications in detection, epidemiological surveillance, environmental monitoring, and ecology of plant viruses are provided. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Oumaima Moubset
- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA-CRASS), B.P. 129, Kara, Togo
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Gembloux, Belgium
- Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, 1260, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Gembloux, Belgium
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, U.S.A
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, U.S.A
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- South African Medical Research Council Capacity Development Unit, South African National Bioinformatics, Institute, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR BFP, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR BFP, 33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, U.S.A
- Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Division of Computational Biology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, 34090 Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Li Y, Liu S, Guo K, Ding W, Wang R. Virome of Pseudostellaria heterophylla: Identification and characterization of three novel carlaviruses and one novel amalgavirus associated with viral diseases of Pseudostellaria heterophylla. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:955089. [PMID: 36246219 PMCID: PMC9559581 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.955089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Pseudostellaria heterophylla is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, which has been cultivated for hundreds of years. Viral diseases of P. heterophylla occur widely and limit the yield and quality of this medicinal plant. In this study, five leaf samples of P. heterophylla with typical viral symptoms were collected from four main producing regions that are distributed in Fujian, Guizhou, and Anhui Provinces in China and analyzed by next-generation sequencing. Comprehensive bioinformatics analyses revealed that nine viruses in five genera Carlavirus, Potyvirus, Fabavirus, Cucumovirus, and Amalgavirus infected P. heterophylla. Among these viruses, three novel and two known carlaviruses, tentatively designated Pseudostellaria heterophylla carlavirus 1, 2, and 3 (PhCV1, PhCV2, and PhCV3), Jasmine virus C isolate Ph (Ph-JVC) and Stevia carlavirus 1 isolate Ph (Ph-StCV1), respectively, were first identified in P. heterophylla. PhCV1-3 share a similar genomic organization and clear sequence homology with members in the genus Carlavirus and could potentially be classified as new species of this genus. One novel amalgavirus, tentatively designated P. heterophylla amalgavirus 1 (PhAV1), was first identified in P. heterophylla. It had a typical genomic organization of the genus Amalgavirus. In PhAV1, the + 1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting, which is prevalent in most amalgaviruses, was identified and used in the expression of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Combined with a phylogenetic analysis, PhAV1 could potentially be classified as new species of the genus Amalgavirus. In addition, multiple Broad bean wilt virus 2 (BBWV2) variants, Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV), and Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), which have been reported in P. heterophylla, were also detected in this study. The distribution of PhCV1-3, Ph-JVC, Ph-StCV1, TuMV, BBWV2, and CMV in four production regions in Fujian, Guizhou, and Anhui Provinces was determined. This study increased our understanding of P. heterophylla virome and provided valuable information for the development of a molecular diagnostic technique and control of viral diseases in P. heterophylla.
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Zayed AA, Wainaina JM, Dominguez-Huerta G, Pelletier E, Guo J, Mohssen M, Tian F, Pratama AA, Bolduc B, Zablocki O, Cronin D, Solden L, Delage E, Alberti A, Aury JM, Carradec Q, da Silva C, Labadie K, Poulain J, Ruscheweyh HJ, Salazar G, Shatoff E, Coordinators TO, Bundschuh R, Fredrick K, Kubatko LS, Chaffron S, Culley AI, Sunagawa S, Kuhn JH, Wincker P, Sullivan MB. Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth's RNA virome. Science 2022; 376:156-162. [PMID: 35389782 PMCID: PMC10990476 DOI: 10.1126/science.abm5847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Whereas DNA viruses are known to be abundant, diverse, and commonly key ecosystem players, RNA viruses are insufficiently studied outside disease settings. In this study, we analyzed ≈28 terabases of Global Ocean RNA sequences to expand Earth's RNA virus catalogs and their taxonomy, investigate their evolutionary origins, and assess their marine biogeography from pole to pole. Using new approaches to optimize discovery and classification, we identified RNA viruses that necessitate substantive revisions of taxonomy (doubling phyla and adding >50% new classes) and evolutionary understanding. "Species"-rank abundance determination revealed that viruses of the new phyla "Taraviricota," a missing link in early RNA virus evolution, and "Arctiviricota" are widespread and dominant in the oceans. These efforts provide foundational knowledge critical to integrating RNA viruses into ecological and epidemiological models.
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- Ahmed A. Zayed
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- The Interdisciplinary Biophysics Graduate Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
- Nantes Université, CNRS UMR 6004, LS2N, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- The Interdisciplinary Biophysics Graduate Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Statistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
- Nantes Université, CNRS UMR 6004, LS2N, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Département de Biochimie, Microbiologie et Bio-informatique, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François-Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91000 Evry, France
- Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, 75016 Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- EMERGE Biology Integration Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Center of Microbiome Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- The Interdisciplinary Biophysics Graduate Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Viruses Infecting Greenhood Orchids (Pterostylidinae) in Eastern Australia. Viruses 2022; 14:v14020365. [PMID: 35215958 PMCID: PMC8876172 DOI: 10.3390/v14020365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The Australasian biogeographic realm is a major centre of diversity for orchids, with every subfamily of the Orchidaceae represented and high levels of endemism at the species rank. It is hypothesised that there is a commensurate diversity of viruses infecting this group of plants. In this study, we have utilised high-throughput sequencing to survey for viruses infecting greenhood orchids (Pterostylidinae) in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The main aim of this study was to characterise Pterostylis blotch virus (PtBV), a previously reported but uncharacterised virus that had been tentatively classified in the genus Orthotospovirus. This classification was confirmed by genome sequencing, and phylogenetic analyses suggested that PtBV is representative of a new species that is possibly indigenous to Australia as it does not belong to either the American or Eurasian clades of orthotospoviruses. Apart from PtBV, putative new viruses in the genera Alphaendornavirus, Amalgavirus, Polerovirus and Totivirus were discovered, and complete genome sequences were obtained for each virus. It is concluded that the polerovirus is likely an example of an introduced virus infecting a native plant species in its natural habitat, as this virus is probably vectored by an aphid, and Australia has a depauperate native aphid fauna that does not include any species that are host-adapted to orchids.
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Vendrell-Mir P, Perroud PF, Haas FB, Meyberg R, Charlot F, Rensing SA, Nogué F, Casacuberta JM. A vertically transmitted amalgavirus is present in certain accessions of the bryophyte Physcomitrium patens. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 108:1786-1797. [PMID: 34687260 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
In the last few years, next-generation sequencing techniques have started to be used to identify new viruses infecting plants. This has allowed to rapidly increase our knowledge on viruses other than those causing symptoms in economically important crops. Here we used this approach to identify a virus infecting Physcomitrium patens that has the typical structure of the double-stranded RNA endogenous viruses of the Amalgaviridae family, which we named Physcomitrium patens amalgavirus 1, or PHPAV1. PHPAV1 is present only in certain accessions of P. patens, where its RNA can be detected throughout the cell cycle of the plant. Our analysis demonstrates that PHPAV1 can be vertically transmitted through both paternal and maternal germlines, in crosses between accessions that contain the virus with accessions that do not contain it. This work suggests that PHPAV1 can replicate in genomic backgrounds different from those that actually contain the virus and opens the door for future studies on virus-host coevolution.
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- Pol Vendrell-Mir
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, 78000, France
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- Plant Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Plant Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, 78000, France
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- Plant Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, 78000, France
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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Zhang K, Zhuang X, Xu H, Gan H, He Z, Chen J. Development of polyclonal antibodies-based serological methods and a DIG-labelled DNA probe-based molecular method for detection of the Vicia cryptic virus-M in field plants. J Virol Methods 2021; 299:114331. [PMID: 34648821 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vicia cryptic virus M (VCV-M), a member of the genus Amalgavirus of the family Amalgaviridae, was first identified in 2009 in a Vicia faba Linn. planting in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. However, there has been no further research on the biological features of VCV-M to date and the viral particles and coat protein (CP) have not been identified. The putative CP of VCV-M was predicted from the viral genomic RNA. In this study, a recombinant version of the putative CP of VCV-M (His-CPVCV-M) was produced and used to prepare a polyclonal antiserum against the His-CPVCV-M. Using this antiserum, a Western blot, an immuno-dot-blot and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were developed for testing field samples of V. faba for the presence of VCV-M. Additionally, a digoxigenin (DIG)-labelled DNA probe-based Northern blot assay was established for VCV-M genome detection in field samples. The results showed that both the serological and nucleic acid assays could accurately and sensitively detect VCV-M in V. faba. This research represented the first confirmed expression of the putative CP of VCV-M in infected V. faba tissues. The serological and nucleic acid assays provided two complementary methods for VCV-M detection which could contribute to seed quality control and production increases of V. faba crops.
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- Kun Zhang
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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Known and New Emerging Viruses Infecting Blueberry. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10102172. [PMID: 34685980 PMCID: PMC8539497 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) plants are exposed to existing and emerging viruses as a result of expanding acreage of blueberry plantations across the world, primarily in North America. Since blueberry is cultivated in areas where there are wild Vaccinium spp., there is increasing risk of virus movement between wild and cultivated blueberries. This is theoretically possible because viruses can spread from commercial cultivars to native species and vice versa causing the spread of existing and new viruses. The occurrence of these viruses in blueberry can be devastating to the industry considering the cost for cultivation and production of this perennial crop. However, the advent of high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatic sequence analysis have allowed for rapid identification of known and novel viruses in any crop including blueberry, thus facilitating proper intervention in response to serious viral diseases. In this paper, we aim to focus on the current status of known and novel viruses emerging in blueberry worldwide, which may impact the blueberry industry.
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Charon J, Marcelino VR, Wetherbee R, Verbruggen H, Holmes EC. Metatranscriptomic Identification of Diverse and Divergent RNA Viruses in Green and Chlorarachniophyte Algae Cultures. Viruses 2020; 12:v12101180. [PMID: 33086653 PMCID: PMC7594059 DOI: 10.3390/v12101180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Our knowledge of the diversity and evolution of the virosphere will likely increase dramatically with the study of microbial eukaryotes, including the microalgae within which few RNA viruses have been documented. By combining total RNA sequencing with sequence and structural-based homology detection, we identified 18 novel RNA viruses in cultured samples from two major groups of microbial algae: the chlorophytes and the chlorarachniophytes. Most of the RNA viruses identified in the green algae class Ulvophyceae were related to the Tombusviridae and Amalgaviridae viral families commonly associated with land plants. This suggests that the evolutionary history of these viruses extends to divergence events between algae and land plants. Seven Ostreobium sp-associated viruses exhibited sequence similarity to the mitoviruses most commonly found in fungi, compatible with horizontal virus transfer between algae and fungi. We also document, for the first time, RNA viruses associated with chlorarachniophytes, including the first negative-sense (bunya-like) RNA virus in microalgae, as well as a distant homolog of the plant virus Virgaviridae, potentially signifying viral inheritance from the secondary chloroplast endosymbiosis that marked the origin of the chlorarachniophytes. More broadly, these data suggest that the scarcity of RNA viruses in algae results from limited investigation rather than their absence.
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- Justine Charon
- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (J.C.); (V.R.M.)
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (J.C.); (V.R.M.)
- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; (R.W.); (H.V.)
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; (R.W.); (H.V.)
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; (J.C.); (V.R.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +61-2-9351-5591
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Charon J, Marcelino VR, Wetherbee R, Verbruggen H, Holmes EC. Metatranscriptomic Identification of Diverse and Divergent RNA Viruses in Green and Chlorarachniophyte Algae Cultures. Viruses 2020; 12:v12101180. [PMID: 33086653 DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.08.141184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Our knowledge of the diversity and evolution of the virosphere will likely increase dramatically with the study of microbial eukaryotes, including the microalgae within which few RNA viruses have been documented. By combining total RNA sequencing with sequence and structural-based homology detection, we identified 18 novel RNA viruses in cultured samples from two major groups of microbial algae: the chlorophytes and the chlorarachniophytes. Most of the RNA viruses identified in the green algae class Ulvophyceae were related to the Tombusviridae and Amalgaviridae viral families commonly associated with land plants. This suggests that the evolutionary history of these viruses extends to divergence events between algae and land plants. Seven Ostreobium sp-associated viruses exhibited sequence similarity to the mitoviruses most commonly found in fungi, compatible with horizontal virus transfer between algae and fungi. We also document, for the first time, RNA viruses associated with chlorarachniophytes, including the first negative-sense (bunya-like) RNA virus in microalgae, as well as a distant homolog of the plant virus Virgaviridae, potentially signifying viral inheritance from the secondary chloroplast endosymbiosis that marked the origin of the chlorarachniophytes. More broadly, these data suggest that the scarcity of RNA viruses in algae results from limited investigation rather than their absence.
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- Justine Charon
- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Bejerman N, Roumagnac P, Nemchinov LG. High-Throughput Sequencing for Deciphering the Virome of Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.). Front Microbiol 2020; 11:553109. [PMID: 33042059 PMCID: PMC7518122 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.553109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), also known as lucerne, is a major forage crop worldwide. In the United States, it has recently become the third most valuable field crop, with an estimated value of over $9.3 billion. Alfalfa is naturally infected by many different pathogens, including viruses, obligate parasites that reproduce only inside living host cells. Traditionally, viral infections of alfalfa have been considered by breeders, growers, producers and researchers to be diseases of limited importance, although they are widespread in all major cultivation areas. However, over the past few years, due to the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing (HTS), viral metagenomics, bioinformatics tools for interpreting massive amounts of HTS data and the increasing accessibility of public data repositories for transcriptomic discoveries, several emerging viruses of alfalfa with the potential to cause serious yield losses have been described. They include alfalfa leaf curl virus (family Geminiviridae), alfalfa dwarf virus (family Rhabdoviridae), alfalfa enamovirus 1 (family Luteoviridae), alfalfa virus S (family Alphaflexiviridae) and others. These discoveries have called into question the assumed low economic impact of viral diseases in alfalfa and further suggested their possible contribution to the severity of complex infections involving multiple pathogens. In this review, we will focus on viruses of alfalfa recently described in different laboratories on the basis of the above research methodologies.
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- CIRAD, BGPI, Montpellier, France.,BGPI, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-ARS-BARC, Beltsville, MD, United States
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Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Koonin EV. Deep Roots and Splendid Boughs of the Global Plant Virome. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 58:23-53. [PMID: 32459570 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-030320-041346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Land plants host a vast and diverse virome that is dominated by RNA viruses, with major additional contributions from reverse-transcribing and single-stranded (ss) DNA viruses. Here, we introduce the recently adopted comprehensive taxonomy of viruses based on phylogenomic analyses, as applied to the plant virome. We further trace the evolutionary ancestry of distinct plant virus lineages to primordial genetic mobile elements. We discuss the growing evidence of the pivotal role of horizontal virus transfer from invertebrates to plants during the terrestrialization of these organisms, which was enabled by the evolution of close ecological associations between these diverse organisms. It is our hope that the emerging big picture of the formation and global architecture of the plant virome will be of broad interest to plant biologists and virologists alike and will stimulate ever deeper inquiry into the fascinating field of virus-plant coevolution.
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- Valerian V Dolja
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology and Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2902, USA;
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- Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA
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Geographically distant isolates of the persistent southern tomato virus (STV) show very low genetic diversity in the putative coat protein gene. Virus Genes 2020; 56:668-672. [PMID: 32737756 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-020-01785-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Southern tomato virus (STV) from genus Amalgavirus (Family Amalgaviridae) is a persistent virus infecting tomato crops worldwide. Information on genetic diversity and evolutionary mechanisms for plant persistent viruses are very scarce in comparison with plant acute viruses. In this work, the putative coat protein gene of worldwide STV isolates was analyzed showing very low nucleotide diversity (< 0.0100). Phylogenetic analysis separated STV isolates into two clades, but no correlation was found between genetic and geographic distances. Also, no recombination events among STV isolates were detected. Comparison of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions indicated negative selection at the amino acid level.
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Koonin EV, Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Varsani A, Wolf YI, Yutin N, Zerbini FM, Kuhn JH. Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2020; 84:e00061-19. [PMID: 32132243 PMCID: PMC7062200 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00061-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 81.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Viruses and mobile genetic elements are molecular parasites or symbionts that coevolve with nearly all forms of cellular life. The route of virus replication and protein expression is determined by the viral genome type. Comparison of these routes led to the classification of viruses into seven "Baltimore classes" (BCs) that define the major features of virus reproduction. However, recent phylogenomic studies identified multiple evolutionary connections among viruses within each of the BCs as well as between different classes. Due to the modular organization of virus genomes, these relationships defy simple representation as lines of descent but rather form complex networks. Phylogenetic analyses of virus hallmark genes combined with analyses of gene-sharing networks show that replication modules of five BCs (three classes of RNA viruses and two classes of reverse-transcribing viruses) evolved from a common ancestor that encoded an RNA-directed RNA polymerase or a reverse transcriptase. Bona fide viruses evolved from this ancestor on multiple, independent occasions via the recruitment of distinct cellular proteins as capsid subunits and other structural components of virions. The single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are a polyphyletic class, with different groups evolving by recombination between rolling-circle-replicating plasmids, which contributed the replication protein, and positive-sense RNA viruses, which contributed the capsid protein. The double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses are distributed among several large monophyletic groups and arose via the combination of distinct structural modules with equally diverse replication modules. Phylogenomic analyses reveal the finer structure of evolutionary connections among RNA viruses and reverse-transcribing viruses, ssDNA viruses, and large subsets of dsDNA viruses. Taken together, these analyses allow us to outline the global organization of the virus world. Here, we describe the key aspects of this organization and propose a comprehensive hierarchical taxonomy of viruses.
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- Eugene V Koonin
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Archaeal Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
- Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia/Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Description of a Novel Mycovirus in the Phytopathogen Fusarium culmorum and a Related EVE in the Yeast Lipomyces starkeyi. Viruses 2020; 12:v12050523. [PMID: 32397544 PMCID: PMC7290986 DOI: 10.3390/v12050523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new mycovirus was found in the Fusarium culmorum strain A104-1 originally sampled on wheat in Belgium. This novel virus, for which the name Fusarium culmorum virus 1 (FcV1) is suggested, is phylogenetically related to members of the previously proposed family ‘’Unirnaviridae’’. FcV1 has a monopartite dsRNA genome of 2898 bp that harbors two large non-overlapping ORFs. A typical -1 slippery motif is found at the end of ORF1, advocating that ORF2 is translated by programmed ribosomal frameshifting. While ORF2 exhibits a conserved replicase domain, ORF1 encodes for an undetermined protein. Interestingly, a hypothetically transcribed gene similar to unirnaviruses ORF1 was found in the genome of Lipomyces starkeyi, presumably resulting from a viral endogenization in this yeast. Conidial isolation and chemical treatment were unsuccessful to obtain a virus-free isogenic line of the fungal host, highlighting a high retention rate for FcV1 but hindering its biological characterization. In parallel, attempt to horizontally transfer FcV1 to another strain of F. culmorum by dual culture failed. Eventually, a screening of other strains of the same fungal species suggests the presence of FcV1 in two other strains from Europe.
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Fukuhara T, Tabara M, Koiwa H, Takahashi H. Effect of asymptomatic infection with southern tomato virus on tomato plants. Arch Virol 2019; 165:11-20. [PMID: 31620899 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-019-04436-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Southern tomato virus (STV) is often found infecting healthy tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum). In this study, we compared STV-free and STV-infected plants of cultivar M82 to determine the effect of STV infection on the host plant. STV-free plants exhibited a short and bushy phenotype, whereas STV-infected plants were taller. STV-infected plants produced more fruit than STV-free plants, and the germination rate of seeds from STV-infected plants was higher than that of seeds from STV-free plants. This phenotypic difference was also observed in progeny plants (siblings) derived from a single STV-infected plant in which the transmission rate of STV to progeny plants via the seeds was approximately 86%. These results suggest that the interaction between STV and host plants is mutualistic. Transcriptome analysis revealed that STV infection affects gene expression in the host plant and results in downregulation of genes involved in ethylene biosynthesis and signaling. STV-infected tomato plants might thus be artificially selected due to their superior traits as a crop.
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- Toshiyuki Fukuhara
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan. .,Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.,Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan.,Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Sendai, 980-0845, Japan
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Hitch TCA, Edwards JE, Gilbert RA. Metatranscriptomics reveals mycoviral populations in the ovine rumen. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:5533320. [DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The rumen is known to contain DNA-based viruses, although it is not known whether RNA-based viruses that infect fungi (mycoviruses) are also present. Analysis of publicly available rumen metatranscriptome sequence data from sheep rumen samples (n = 20) was used to assess whether RNA-based viruses exist within the ovine rumen. A total of 2466 unique RNA viral contigs were identified that had homology to nine viral families. The Partitiviridae was the most consistently observed mycoviral family. High variation in the abundance of each detected mycovirus suggests that rumen mycoviral populations vary greatly between individual sheep. Functional analysis of the genes within the assembled mycoviral contigs suggests that the mycoviruses detected had simple genomes, often only carrying the machinery required for replication. The fungal population of the ovine rumen was also assessed using metagenomics data from the same samples, and was consistently dominated by the phyla Ascomycota and Basidomycota. The strictly anaerobic phyla Neocallimastigomycota were also present in all samples but at a low abundance. This preliminary investigation has provided clear evidence that mycoviruses with RNA genomes exist in the rumen, with further in-depth studies now required to characterise this mycoviral community and determine its role in the rumen.
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- Thomas C A Hitch
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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de Macêdo Mendes C, Teixeira DG, Lima JPMS, Lanza DCF. Characterization of putative proteins encoded by variable ORFs in white spot syndrome virus genome. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2019; 19:8. [PMID: 30999895 PMCID: PMC6474068 DOI: 10.1186/s12900-019-0106-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Background White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus which causes mortality of several species of shrimp, being considered one of the main pathogens that affects global shrimp farming. This virus presents a complex genome of ~ 300 kb and viral isolates that present genomes with great identity. Despite this conservation, some variable regions in the WSSV genome occur in coding regions, and these putative proteins may have some relationship with viral adaptation and virulence mechanisms. Until now, the functions of these proteins were little studied. In this work, sequences and putative proteins encoded by WSSV variable regions were characterized in silico. Results The in silico approach enabled determining the variability of some sequences, as well as the identification of some domains resembling the Formin homology 2, RNA recognition motif, Xeroderma pigmentosum group D repair helicase, Hemagglutinin and Ankyrin motif. The information obtained from the sequences and the analysis of secondary and tertiary structure models allow to infer that some of these proteins possibly have functions related to protein modulation/degradation, intracellular transport, recombination and endosome fusion events. Conclusions The bioinformatics approaches were efficient in generating three-dimensional models and to identify domains, thereby enabling to propose possible functions for the putative polypeptides produced by the ORFs wsv129, wsv178, wsv249, wsv463a, wsv477, wsv479, wsv492, and wsv497. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12900-019-0106-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Cayro de Macêdo Mendes
- Applied Molecular Biology Lab - LAPLIC, Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.,Postgraduate Program in Bioinformatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Bioinformatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.,Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Applied Molecular Biology Lab - LAPLIC, Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. .,Postgraduate Program in Bioinformatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. .,Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil.
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Detection and Characterization of Cucumis melo Cryptic Virus, Cucumis melo Amalgavirus 1, and Melon Necrotic Spot Virus in Cucumis melo. Viruses 2019; 11:v11010081. [PMID: 30669373 PMCID: PMC6356274 DOI: 10.3390/v11010081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 01/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Three RNA viruses—Cucumis melo cryptic virus (CmCV), Cucumis melo amalgavirus 1 (CmAV1), and melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV)—were identified from a melon (Cucumis melo) transcriptome dataset. CmCV has two dsRNA genome segments; dsRNA-1 is 1592 bp in size, containing a conserved RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), and dsRNA-2 is 1715 bp in size, and encodes a coat protein (CP). The sequence alignment and phylogenetic analyses of the CmCV RdRp and CP indicated CmCV clusters with approved or putative deltapartitiviruses in well-supported monophyletic clade. The RdRp of CmCV shared an amino acid sequence identity of 60.7% with the closest RdRp of beet cryptic virus 3, and is <57% identical to other partitiviruses. CmAV1 is a nonsegmented dsRNA virus with a genome of 3424 bp, including two partially overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) encoding a putative CP and RdRp. The sequence alignment and phylogenetic analyses of CmAV1 RdRp revealed that it belongs to the genus Amalgavirus in the family Amalgaviridae. The RdRp of CmAV1 shares 57.7% of its amino acid sequence identity with the most closely related RdRp of Phalaenopsis equestris amalgavirus 1, and is <47% identical to the other reported amalgaviruses. These analyses suggest that CmCV and CmAV1 are novel species in the genera Amalgavirus and Deltapartitivirus, respectively. These findings enrich our understanding of new plant dsRNA virus species.
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Lee JS, Goh CJ, Park D, Hahn Y. Identification of a novel plant RNA virus species of the genus Amalgavirus in the family Amalgaviridae from chia (Salvia hispanica). Genes Genomics 2019; 41:10.1007/s13258-019-00782-1. [PMID: 30649686 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-019-00782-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chia (Salvia hispanica) is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, which produces seeds that are a rich source of various nutritional compounds. OBJECTIVE To identify a novel RNA virus potentially associated with chia. METHODS Transcriptome data obtained from developing chia seeds were assembled into contigs. Sequence contigs containing an open reading frame (ORF) that showed amino acid identities with a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) were identified and analyzed. RESULTS A genomic sequence of a novel plant RNA virus named Salvia hispanica RNA virus 1 (ShRV1) was identified in a chia seed transcriptome dataset. The ShRV1 genome sequence has two ORFs that showed high sequence identities with ORFs of known members of the genus Amalgavirus in the family Amalgaviridae. Amalgaviridae is a family of positive-sense double-stranded non-segmented RNA viruses that infect plants, fungi, and animals. The ShRV1 genome encodes two proteins: a putative replication factory matrix-like protein from ORF1 and an RdRp from the fused ORF of ORF1 and ORF2 by a + 1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (PRF) mechanism. A conserved + 1 PRF motif sequence UUU_CGU was found at the ORF1/ORF2 boundary. A comparison of 31 amalgavirus ORF1 + 2 fusion proteins revealed that only three positions were repeatedly used as a + 1 PRF site during amalgavirus evolution. CONCLUSION ShRV1 is a novel virus found to be associated with chia and may be useful for studying the molecular features of amalgaviruses.
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- Ji Seok Lee
- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, South Korea.
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Wolf YI, Kazlauskas D, Iranzo J, Lucía-Sanz A, Kuhn JH, Krupovic M, Dolja VV, Koonin EV. Origins and Evolution of the Global RNA Virome. mBio 2018; 9:e02329-18. [PMID: 30482837 PMCID: PMC6282212 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02329-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 322] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Viruses with RNA genomes dominate the eukaryotic virome, reaching enormous diversity in animals and plants. The recent advances of metaviromics prompted us to perform a detailed phylogenomic reconstruction of the evolution of the dramatically expanded global RNA virome. The only universal gene among RNA viruses is the gene encoding the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). We developed an iterative computational procedure that alternates the RdRp phylogenetic tree construction with refinement of the underlying multiple-sequence alignments. The resulting tree encompasses 4,617 RNA virus RdRps and consists of 5 major branches; 2 of the branches include positive-sense RNA viruses, 1 is a mix of positive-sense (+) RNA and double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) viruses, and 2 consist of dsRNA and negative-sense (-) RNA viruses, respectively. This tree topology implies that dsRNA viruses evolved from +RNA viruses on at least two independent occasions, whereas -RNA viruses evolved from dsRNA viruses. Reconstruction of RNA virus evolution using the RdRp tree as the scaffold suggests that the last common ancestors of the major branches of +RNA viruses encoded only the RdRp and a single jelly-roll capsid protein. Subsequent evolution involved independent capture of additional genes, in particular, those encoding distinct RNA helicases, enabling replication of larger RNA genomes and facilitating virus genome expression and virus-host interactions. Phylogenomic analysis reveals extensive gene module exchange among diverse viruses and horizontal virus transfer between distantly related hosts. Although the network of evolutionary relationships within the RNA virome is bound to further expand, the present results call for a thorough reevaluation of the RNA virus taxonomy.IMPORTANCE The majority of the diverse viruses infecting eukaryotes have RNA genomes, including numerous human, animal, and plant pathogens. Recent advances of metagenomics have led to the discovery of many new groups of RNA viruses in a wide range of hosts. These findings enable a far more complete reconstruction of the evolution of RNA viruses than was attainable previously. This reconstruction reveals the relationships between different Baltimore classes of viruses and indicates extensive transfer of viruses between distantly related hosts, such as plants and animals. These results call for a major revision of the existing taxonomy of RNA viruses.
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- Yuri I Wolf
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, Spain
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Département de Microbiologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Aguado LC, Jordan TX, Hsieh E, Blanco-Melo D, Heard J, Panis M, Vignuzzi M, tenOever BR. Homologous recombination is an intrinsic defense against antiviral RNA interference. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018. [PMID: 30209219 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.181022911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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RNA interference (RNAi) is the major antiviral defense mechanism of plants and invertebrates, rendering the capacity to evade it a defining factor in shaping the viral landscape. Here we sought to determine whether different virus replication strategies provided any inherent capacity to evade RNAi in the absence of an antagonist. Through the exploitation of host microRNAs, we recreated an RNAi-like environment in vertebrates and directly compared the capacity of positive- and negative-stranded RNA viruses to cope with this selective pressure. Applying this defense against four distinct viral families revealed that the capacity to undergo homologous recombination was the defining attribute that enabled evasion of this defense. Independent of gene expression strategy, positive-stranded RNA viruses that could undergo strand switching rapidly excised genomic material, while negative-stranded viruses were effectively targeted and cleared upon RNAi-based selection. These data suggest a dynamic relationship between host antiviral defenses and the biology of virus replication in shaping pathogen prevalence.
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- Lauren C Aguado
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Unit, Institute Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029;
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Homologous recombination is an intrinsic defense against antiviral RNA interference. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E9211-E9219. [PMID: 30209219 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1810229115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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RNA interference (RNAi) is the major antiviral defense mechanism of plants and invertebrates, rendering the capacity to evade it a defining factor in shaping the viral landscape. Here we sought to determine whether different virus replication strategies provided any inherent capacity to evade RNAi in the absence of an antagonist. Through the exploitation of host microRNAs, we recreated an RNAi-like environment in vertebrates and directly compared the capacity of positive- and negative-stranded RNA viruses to cope with this selective pressure. Applying this defense against four distinct viral families revealed that the capacity to undergo homologous recombination was the defining attribute that enabled evasion of this defense. Independent of gene expression strategy, positive-stranded RNA viruses that could undergo strand switching rapidly excised genomic material, while negative-stranded viruses were effectively targeted and cleared upon RNAi-based selection. These data suggest a dynamic relationship between host antiviral defenses and the biology of virus replication in shaping pathogen prevalence.
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Pagán I. The diversity, evolution and epidemiology of plant viruses: A phylogenetic view. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2018; 65:187-199. [PMID: 30055330 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.07.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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During the past four decades, the scientific community has seen an exponential advance in the number, sophistication, and quality of molecular techniques and bioinformatics tools for the genetic characterization of plant virus populations. Predating these advances, the field of Phylogenetics has significantly contributed to understand important aspects of plant virus evolution. This review aims at summarizing the impact of Phylogenetics in the current knowledge on three major aspects of plant virus evolution that have benefited from the development of phylogenetic inference: (1) The identification and classification of plant virus diversity. (2) The mechanisms and forces shaping the evolution of plant virus populations. (3) The understanding of the interaction between plant virus evolution, epidemiology and ecology. The work discussed here highlights the important role of phylogenetic approaches in the study of the dynamics of plant virus populations.
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- Israel Pagán
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM-INIA, E.T.S. Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid 28223, Spain.
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Park D, Goh CJ, Kim H, Hahn Y. Identification of Two Novel Amalgaviruses in the Common Eelgrass ( Zostera marina) and in Silico Analysis of the Amalgavirus +1 Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting Sites. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2018; 34:150-156. [PMID: 29628822 PMCID: PMC5880360 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.nt.11.2017.0243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The genome sequences of two novel monopartite RNA viruses were identified in a common eelgrass (Zostera marina) transcriptome dataset. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analyses revealed that these two novel viruses belong to the genus Amalgavirus in the family Amalgaviridae. They were named Zostera marina amalgavirus 1 (ZmAV1) and Zostera marina amalgavirus 2 (ZmAV2). Genomes of both ZmAV1 and ZmAV2 contain two overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 encodes a putative replication factory matrix-like protein, while ORF2 encodes a RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) domain. The fusion protein (ORF1+2) of ORF1 and ORF2, which mediates RNA replication, was produced using the +1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (PRF) mechanism. The +1 PRF motif sequence, UUU_CGN, which is highly conserved among known amalgaviruses, was also found in ZmAV1 and ZmAV2. Multiple sequence alignment of the ORF1+2 fusion proteins from 24 amalgaviruses revealed that +1 PRF occurred only at three different positions within the 13-amino acid-long segment, which was surrounded by highly conserved regions on both sides. This suggested that the +1 PRF may be constrained by the structure of fusion proteins. Genome sequences of ZmAV1 and ZmAV2, which are the first viruses to be identified in common eelgrass, will serve as useful resources for studying evolution and diversity of amalgaviruses.
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- Corresponding author. Phone) +82-2-820-5812, FAX) +82-2-825-5206, E-mail)
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Metagenomics reshapes the concepts of RNA virus evolution by revealing extensive horizontal virus transfer. Virus Res 2017; 244:36-52. [PMID: 29103997 PMCID: PMC5801114 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Virus metagenomics is a young research filed but it has already transformed our understanding of virus diversity and evolution, and illuminated at a new level the connections between virus evolution and the evolution and ecology of the hosts. In this review article, we examine the new picture of the evolution of RNA viruses, the dominant component of the eukaryotic virome, that is emerging from metagenomic data analysis. The major expansion of many groups of RNA viruses through metagenomics allowed the construction of substantially improved phylogenetic trees for the conserved virus genes, primarily, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRp). In particular, a new superfamily of widespread, small positive-strand RNA viruses was delineated that unites tombus-like and noda-like viruses. Comparison of the genome architectures of RNA viruses discovered by metagenomics and by traditional methods reveals an extent of gene module shuffling among diverse virus genomes that far exceeds the previous appreciation of this evolutionary phenomenon. Most dramatically, inclusion of the metagenomic data in phylogenetic analyses of the RdRp resulted in the identification of numerous, strongly supported groups that encompass RNA viruses from diverse hosts including different groups of protists, animals and plants. Notwithstanding potential caveats, in particular, incomplete and uneven sampling of eukaryotic taxa, these highly unexpected findings reveal horizontal virus transfer (HVT) between diverse hosts as the central aspect of RNA virus evolution. The vast and diverse virome of invertebrates, particularly nematodes and arthropods, appears to be the reservoir, from which the viromes of plants and vertebrates evolved via multiple HVT events.
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Shi M, Zhang YZ, Holmes EC. Meta-transcriptomics and the evolutionary biology of RNA viruses. Virus Res 2017; 243:83-90. [PMID: 29111455 PMCID: PMC7127328 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Meta-transcriptomics (bulk RNA-Seq) is a powerful new way to characterise viromes. Meta-transcriptomic data are changing our understanding of virus evolution. Invertebrates harbor an enormous phylogenetic and genomic diversity of RNA viruses. Present sampling schemes have only revealed a miniscule fraction of the virosphere. The new wealth of virus genomic data presents a major challenge to classification.
Metagenomics is transforming the study of virus evolution, allowing the full assemblage of virus genomes within a host sample to be determined rapidly and cheaply. The genomic analysis of complete transcriptomes, so-called meta-transcriptomics, is providing a particularly rich source of data on the global diversity of RNA viruses and their evolutionary history. Herein we review some of the insights that meta-transcriptomics has provided on the fundamental patterns and processes of virus evolution, with a focus on the recent discovery of a multitude of novel invertebrate viruses. In particular, meta-transcriptomics shows that the RNA virus world is more fluid than previously realized, with relatively frequent changes in genome length and structure. As well as having a transformative impact on studies of virus evolution, meta-transcriptomics presents major new challenges for virus classification, with the greater sampling of host taxa now filling many of the gaps on virus phylogenies that were previously used to define taxonomic groups. Given that most viruses in the future will likely be characterized using metagenomics approaches, and that we have evidently only sampled a tiny fraction of the total virosphere, we suggest that proposals for virus classification pay careful attention to the wonders unearthed in this new age of virus discovery.
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- Mang Shi
- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Zoonoses, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Zoonoses, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Department of Zoonoses, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping, Beijing, China.
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Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on earth and show remarkable diversity of genome sequences, replication and expression strategies, and virion structures. Evolutionary genomics of viruses revealed many unexpected connections but the general scenario(s) for the evolution of the virosphere remains a matter of intense debate among proponents of the cellular regression, escaped genes, and primordial virus world hypotheses. A comprehensive sequence and structure analysis of major virion proteins indicates that they evolved on about 20 independent occasions, and in some of these cases likely ancestors are identifiable among the proteins of cellular organisms. Virus genomes typically consist of distinct structural and replication modules that recombine frequently and can have different evolutionary trajectories. The present analysis suggests that, although the replication modules of at least some classes of viruses might descend from primordial selfish genetic elements, bona fide viruses evolved on multiple, independent occasions throughout the course of evolution by the recruitment of diverse host proteins that became major virion components.
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Pyle JD, Keeling PJ, Nibert ML. Amalga-like virus infecting Antonospora locustae, a microsporidian pathogen of grasshoppers, plus related viruses associated with other arthropods. Virus Res 2017; 233:95-104. [PMID: 28267607 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A previously reported Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) library from spores of microsporidian Antonospora locustae includes a number of clones with sequence similarities to plant amalgaviruses. Reexamining the sequence accessions from that library, we found additional such clones, contributing to a 3247-nt contig that approximates the length of an amalga-like virus genome. Using A. locustae spores stored from that previous study, and new ones obtained from the same source, we newly visualized the putative dsRNA genome of this virus and obtained amplicons yielding a 3387-nt complete genome sequence. Phylogenetic analyses suggested it as prototype strain of a new genus in family Amalgaviridae. The genome contains two partially overlapping long ORFs, with downstream ORF2 in the +1 frame relative to ORF1 and a proposed motif for +1 ribosomal frameshifting in the region of overlap. Subsequent database searches using the predicted fusion protein sequence of this new amalga-like virus identified related sequences in the transcriptome of a basal hexapod, the springtail species Tetrodontophora bielanensis. We speculate that this second new amalga-like virus (contig length, 3475 nt) likely also derived from a microsporidian, or related organism, which was associated with the springtail specimens at the time of sampling for transcriptome analysis. Other findings of interest include evidence that the ORF1 translation products of these two new amalga-like viruses contain a central region of predicted α-helical coiled coil, as recently reported for plant amalgaviruses, and transcriptome-based evidence for another new amalga-like virus in the transcriptome of another basal hexapod, the two-pronged bristletail species Campodea augens.
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- Jesse D Pyle
- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Ph.D. Program in Virology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Ph.D. Program in Virology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Nibert ML, Pyle JD, Firth AE. A +1 ribosomal frameshifting motif prevalent among plant amalgaviruses. Virology 2016; 498:201-208. [PMID: 27596539 PMCID: PMC5052127 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2016] [Revised: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sequence accessions attributable to novel plant amalgaviruses have been found in the Transcriptome Shotgun Assembly database. Sixteen accessions, derived from 12 different plant species, appear to encompass the complete protein-coding regions of the proposed amalgaviruses, which would substantially expand the size of genus Amalgavirus from 4 current species. Other findings include evidence for UUU_CGN as a +1 ribosomal frameshifting motif prevalent among plant amalgaviruses; for a variant version of this motif found thus far in only two amalgaviruses from solanaceous plants; for a region of α-helical coiled coil propensity conserved in a central region of the ORF1 translation product of plant amalgaviruses; and for conserved sequences in a C-terminal region of the ORF2 translation product (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase) of plant amalgaviruses, seemingly beyond the region of conserved polymerase motifs. These results additionally illustrate the value of mining the TSA database and others for novel viral sequences for comparative analyses. A number of new plant amalgavirus sequences have been found in the TSA database. They provide support for a prevalent +1 frameshifting motif in amalgaviruses. A variant motif is identified in a subset of these viruses from related plants. The ORF1 product of amalgaviruses has propensity to form α-helical coiled coil. The TSA database is a useful source of new viral sequences for comparative analyses.
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- Max L Nibert
- Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Ph.D. Program in Virology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Harvard Ph.D. Program in Virology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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A novel monopartite dsRNA virus isolated from the entomopathogenic and nematophagous fungus Purpureocillium lilacinum. Arch Virol 2016; 161:3375-3384. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-3045-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Identification of Diverse Mycoviruses through Metatranscriptomics Characterization of the Viromes of Five Major Fungal Plant Pathogens. J Virol 2016; 90:6846-6863. [PMID: 27194764 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00357-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Mycoviruses can have a marked effect on natural fungal communities and influence plant health and productivity. However, a comprehensive picture of mycoviral diversity is still lacking. To characterize the viromes of five widely dispersed plant-pathogenic fungi, Colletotrichum truncatum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Diaporthe longicolla, Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a high-throughput sequencing-based metatranscriptomic approach was used to detect viral sequences. Total RNA and double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) from mycelia and RNA from samples enriched for virus particles were sequenced. Sequence data were assembled de novo, and contigs with predicted amino acid sequence similarities to viruses in the nonredundant protein database were selected. The analysis identified 72 partial or complete genome segments representing 66 previously undescribed mycoviruses. Using primers specific for each viral contig, at least one fungal isolate was identified that contained each virus. The novel mycoviruses showed affinity with 15 distinct lineages: Barnaviridae, Benyviridae, Chrysoviridae, Endornaviridae, Fusariviridae, Hypoviridae, Mononegavirales, Narnaviridae, Ophioviridae, Ourmiavirus, Partitiviridae, Tombusviridae, Totiviridae, Tymoviridae, and Virgaviridae More than half of the viral sequences were predicted to be members of the Mitovirus genus in the family Narnaviridae, which replicate within mitochondria. Five viral sequences showed strong affinity with three families (Benyviridae, Ophioviridae, and Virgaviridae) that previously contained no mycovirus species. The genomic information provides insight into the diversity and taxonomy of mycoviruses and coevolution of mycoviruses and their fungal hosts. IMPORTANCE Plant-pathogenic fungi reduce crop yields, which affects food security worldwide. Plant host resistance is considered a sustainable disease management option but may often be incomplete or lacking for some crops to certain fungal pathogens or strains. In addition, the rising issues of fungicide resistance demand alternative strategies to reduce the negative impacts of fungal pathogens. Those fungus-infecting viruses (mycoviruses) that attenuate fungal virulence may be welcome additions for mitigation of plant diseases. By high-throughput sequencing of the RNAs from 275 isolates of five fungal plant pathogens, 66 previously undescribed mycoviruses were identified. In addition to identifying new potential biological control agents, these results expand the grand view of the diversity of mycoviruses and provide possible insights into the importance of intracellular and extracellular transmission in fungus-virus coevolution.
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Depierreux D, Vong M, Nibert ML. Nucleotide sequence of Zygosaccharomyces bailii virus Z: Evidence for +1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting and for assignment to family Amalgaviridae. Virus Res 2016; 217:115-24. [PMID: 26951859 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Zygosaccharomyces bailii virus Z (ZbV-Z) is a monosegmented dsRNA virus that infects the yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii and remains unclassified to date despite its discovery >20years ago. The previously reported nucleotide sequence of ZbV-Z (GenBank AF224490) encompasses two nonoverlapping long ORFs: upstream ORF1 encoding the putative coat protein and downstream ORF2 encoding the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). The lack of overlap between these ORFs raises the question of how the downstream ORF is translated. After examining the previous sequence of ZbV-Z, we predicted that it contains at least one sequencing error to explain the nonoverlapping ORFs, and hence we redetermined the nucleotide sequence of ZbV-Z, derived from the same isolate of Z. bailii as previously studied, to address this prediction. The key finding from our new sequence, which includes several insertions, deletions, and substitutions relative to the previous one, is that ORF2 in fact overlaps ORF1 in the +1 frame. Moreover, a proposed sequence motif for +1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting, previously noted in influenza A viruses, plant amalgaviruses, and others, is also present in the newly identified ORF1-ORF2 overlap region of ZbV-Z. Phylogenetic analyses provided evidence that ZbV-Z represents a distinct taxon most closely related to plant amalgaviruses (genus Amalgavirus, family Amalgaviridae). We conclude that ZbV-Z is the prototype of a new species, which we propose to assign as type species of a new genus of monosegmented dsRNA mycoviruses in family Amalgaviridae. Comparisons involving other unclassified mycoviruses with RdRps apparently related to those of plant amalgaviruses, and having either mono- or bisegmented dsRNA genomes, are also discussed.
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- Delphine Depierreux
- Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biology, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Namur, Namur BE 5000, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Molecules, Cells and Organisms, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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A virus of hyperthermophilic archaea with a unique architecture among DNA viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:2478-83. [PMID: 26884161 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1518929113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Viruses package their genetic material in diverse ways. Most known strategies include encapsulation of nucleic acids into spherical or filamentous virions with icosahedral or helical symmetry, respectively. Filamentous viruses with dsDNA genomes are currently associated exclusively with Archaea. Here, we describe a filamentous hyperthermophilic archaeal virus, Pyrobaculum filamentous virus 1 (PFV1), with a type of virion organization not previously observed in DNA viruses. The PFV1 virion, 400 ± 20 × 32 ± 3 nm, contains an envelope and an inner core consisting of two structural units: a rod-shaped helical nucleocapsid formed of two 14-kDa major virion proteins and a nucleocapsid-encompassing protein sheath composed of a single major virion protein of 18 kDa. The virion organization of PFV1 is superficially similar to that of negative-sense RNA viruses of the family Filoviridae, including Ebola virus and Marburg virus. The linear dsDNA of PFV1 carries 17,714 bp, including 60-bp-long terminal inverted repeats, and contains 39 predicted ORFs, most of which do not show similarities to sequences in public databases. PFV1 is a lytic virus that completely disrupts the host cell membrane at the end of the infection cycle.
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Plant Virus Diversity and Evolution. CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS IN PLANT VIROLOGY 2016. [PMCID: PMC7123681 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32919-2_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Historically, the majority of plant virology focused on agricultural systems. Recent efforts have expanded our knowledge of the true diversity of plant viruses by studying those viruses that infect wild, undomesticated plants. Those efforts have provided answers to basic ecological questions regarding viruses in the wild, and insights into evolutionary questions, regarding the origins of viruses. While much work has been done, we have merely scratched the surface of the diversity that is estimated to exist. In this chapter we discuss the state of our knowledge of virus diversity, both in agricultural systems as well as in native wild systems, the border between these two systems and how viruses adapt and move across this border into an artificial, domesticated environment. We look at how this diversity has affected our outlook on viruses as a whole, shifting our past view of viruses as purely antagonistic entities of destruction to one where viruses are in a mutually beneficial relationship with their hosts. Additionally, we discuss the current work that plant virology has put forth regarding the evolutionary mechanisms, the life histories, and the deep evolution of viruses.
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Kolondam B, Rao P, Sztuba-Solinska J, Weber PH, Dzianott A, Johns MA, Bujarski JJ. Co-infection with two strains of Brome mosaic bromovirus reveals common RNA recombination sites in different hosts. Virus Evol 2015; 1:vev021. [PMID: 27774290 PMCID: PMC5014487 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vev021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We have previously reported intra-segmental crossovers in Brome mosaic virus (BMV) RNAs. In this work, we studied the homologous recombination of BMV RNA in three different hosts: barley (Hordeum vulgare), Chenopodium quinoa, and Nicotiana benthamiana that were co-infected with two strains of BMV: Russian (R) and Fescue (F). Our work aimed at (1) establishing the frequency of recombination, (2) mapping the recombination hot spots, and (3) addressing host effects. The F and R nucleotide sequences differ from each other at many translationally silent nucleotide substitutions. We exploited this natural variability to track the crossover sites. Sequencing of a large number of cDNA clones revealed multiple homologous crossovers in each BMV RNA segment, in both the whole plants and protoplasts. Some recombination hot spots mapped at similar locations in different hosts, suggesting a role for viral factors, but other sites depended on the host. Our results demonstrate the chimeric ('mosaic') nature of the BMV RNA genome.
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- Beivy Kolondam
- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA and
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA and
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA and
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA and
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA and
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA and
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Plant Molecular Biology Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA and; Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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