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Contreras-Soto MB, Tovar-Pedraza JM. Viruses of plant-pathogenic fungi: a promising biocontrol strategy for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Arch Microbiol 2023; 206:38. [PMID: 38142438 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03774-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Plant pathogenic fungi pose a significant and ongoing threat to agriculture and food security, causing economic losses and significantly reducing crop yields. Effectively managing these fungal diseases is crucial for sustaining agricultural productivity, and in this context, mycoviruses have emerged as a promising biocontrol option. These viruses alter the physiology of their fungal hosts and their interactions with the host plants. This review encompasses the extensive diversity of reported mycoviruses, including their taxonomic classification and range of fungal hosts. We highlight representative examples of mycoviruses that affect economically significant plant-pathogenic fungi and their distinctive characteristics, with a particular emphasis on mycoviruses impacting Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. These mycoviruses exhibit significant potential for biocontrol, supported by their specificity, efficacy, and environmental safety. This positions mycoviruses as valuable tools in crop protection against diseases caused by this pathogen, maintaining their study and application as promising research areas in agricultural biotechnology. The remarkable diversity of mycoviruses, coupled with their ability to infect a broad range of plant-pathogenic fungi, inspires optimism, and suggests that these viruses have the potential to serve as an effective management strategy against major fungi-causing plant diseases worldwide.
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- María Belia Contreras-Soto
- Laboratorio de Fitopatología, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Coordinación Regional Culiacán, 80110, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fitopatología, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, Coordinación Regional Culiacán, 80110, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
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Hwang DY, Kim S, Woo SD, Shin TY, Coutts RHA, Kotta-Loizou I. Incidence of putative RNA mycoviruses in entomopathogenic fungi in Korea. Arch Virol 2023; 168:145. [PMID: 37076649 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-023-05765-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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Entomopathogenic fungi have potential as biocontrol agents against insect pests, and mycovirus-mediated hypervirulence may enhance their efficacy. Before initiating research on hypervirulence, the presence or absence of double-stranded (ds) RNA elements was determined in 94 Korean entomopathogenic fungi. dsRNA elements varying in size from ca. 0.8 to 7 kbp were found in 14.9% (14/94) of the strains examined, including Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium pemphigi, M. pinghaense, M. rileyi, and Cordyceps fumosorosea. This study provides information on the incidence and electrophoretic banding patterns of dsRNA elements and is the first report of mycoviruses entomopathogenic fungi in Korea.
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- Dong Young Hwang
- Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, 54896, Jeonju, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, 54896, Jeonju, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture, Life & Environment Science, Chungbuk National University, 28644, Cheongju, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, 54896, Jeonju, Korea.
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- Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Science, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, Hatfield, UK
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- Department of Clinical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Science, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, Hatfield, UK
- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
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Sun A, Luo L, Zhao Z, Kang L, Li C, Dong W, Yang G. Complete genome sequence of a novel fusarivirus from Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 PT strain 3P-2-2. Arch Virol 2023; 168:75. [PMID: 36707487 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-022-05673-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Here, we describe a novel mycovirus, tentatively designated as "Rhizoctonia solani fusarivirus 6" (RsFV6), which was discovered in Rhizoctonia solani AG-3 PT strain 3P-2-2. The virus has a single-stranded positive-sense RNA (+ssRNA) genome of 6141 nucleotides containing two open reading frames (ORFs) and a poly(A) tail. ORF1 encodes a large polypeptide of 1,862 amino acids (aa) with conserved RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and helicase (Hel) domains. ORF2 encodes a putative 167-aa protein of unknown function. BLASTp searches revealed that the ORF1-encoded polypeptide showed the highest sequence similarity (70.67% identity) to that of Rhizoctonia solani fusarivirus 3 (RsFV3), which was isolated from Rhizoctonia solani AG-2-2LP. Multiple sequence alignments and phylogenetic analysis based on RdRp and Hel sequences indicated that RsFV6 could be a novel member of the genus Alphafusarivirus family Fusariviridae.
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- Aili Sun
- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- Technology Department, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
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Sun A, Sun Y, Luo L, Zhao L, Li C, Yang G, Dong W. Molecular characterization of a novel mitovirus from Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 HGIII strain XMC-IF. Arch Virol 2022; 167:2821-2825. [PMID: 36261748 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-022-05599-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence of a viral double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) from Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 HGIII strain XMC-IF (designated as "Rhizoctonia solani mitovirus 106", RsMV-106) was determined. The complete sequence was 2794 bp in length with a 57.50% A + U content and contained a large open reading frame (ORF) when the fungal mitochondrial genetic code was used. The ORF potentially encodes a 95.76-kDa protein containing a conserved domain of an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). BLASTp analysis revealed that the RdRp domain of RsMV-106 shared 47.52-73.24% sequence identity with those of viruses of the genus Duamitovirus and was most similar (73.24% identity) to that of Alternaria alternata mitovirus 1 (AaMV1). Phylogenetic analysis showed that RsMV-106 is a novel member of the genus Duamitovirus, family Mitoviridae. This is the first report of the full genome sequence of a mitovirus associated with R. solani AG-4 HGIII.
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- Aili Sun
- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Protection and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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- Technology Department, Yunnan Agricultural University, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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Kondo H, Botella L, Suzuki N. Mycovirus Diversity and Evolution Revealed/Inferred from Recent Studies. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 60:307-336. [PMID: 35609970 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-021621-122122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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High-throughput virome analyses with various fungi, from cultured or uncultured sources, have led to the discovery of diverse viruses with unique genome structures and even neo-lifestyles. Examples in the former category include splipalmiviruses and ambiviruses. Splipalmiviruses, related to yeast narnaviruses, have multiple positive-sense (+) single-stranded (ss) RNA genomic segments that separately encode the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase motifs, the hallmark of RNA viruses (members of the kingdom Orthornavirae). Ambiviruses appear to have an undivided ssRNA genome of 3∼5 kb with two large open reading frames (ORFs) separated by intergenic regions. Another narna-like virus group has two fully overlapping ORFs on both strands of a genomic segment that span more than 90% of the genome size. New virus lifestyles exhibited by mycoviruses include the yado-kari/yado-nushi nature characterized by the partnership between the (+)ssRNA yadokarivirus and an unrelated dsRNA virus (donor of the capsid for the former) and the hadaka nature of capsidless 10-11 segmented (+)ssRNA accessible by RNase in infected mycelial homogenates. Furthermore, dsRNA polymycoviruses with phylogenetic affinity to (+)ssRNA animal caliciviruses have been shown to be infectious as dsRNA-protein complexes or deproteinized naked dsRNA. Many previous phylogenetic gaps have been filled by recently discovered fungal and other viruses, which haveprovided interesting evolutionary insights. Phylogenetic analyses and the discovery of natural and experimental cross-kingdom infections suggest that horizontal virus transfer may have occurred and continue to occur between fungi and other kingdoms.
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- Hideki Kondo
- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan;
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- Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan;
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Six Novel Mycoviruses Containing Positive Single-Stranded RNA and Double-Stranded RNA Genomes Co-Infect a Single Strain of the Rhizoctoniasolani AG-3 PT. Viruses 2022; 14:v14040813. [PMID: 35458543 PMCID: PMC9025235 DOI: 10.3390/v14040813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Six novel mycoviruses that collectively represent the mycovirome of Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group (AG)-3 PT strain ZJ-2H, which causes potato black scurf, were identified through metatranscriptome sequencing and putatively designated as Rhizoctonia solani fusarivirus 4 [RsFV4, positive single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA)], Rhizoctonia solani fusarivirus 5 (RsFV5, +ssRNA), Rhizoctonia solani mitovirus 40 (RsMV40, +ssRNA), Rhizoctonia solani partitivirus 10 [RsPV10, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)], Rhizoctonia solani partitivirus 11 (RsPV11, dsRNA), and Rhizoctonia solani RNA virus 11 (RsRV11, dsRNA). Whole genome sequences of RsFV4, RsMV40, RsPV10, RsPV11, and RsRV11, as well as a partial genome sequence of RsFV5, were obtained. The 3'- and 5'- untranslated regions of the five mycoviruses with complete genome sequences were folded into stable stem-loop or panhandle secondary structures. RsFV4 and RsFV5 are most closely related to Rhizoctonia solani fusarivirus 1 (RsFV1), however, the first open reading frame (ORF) of RsFV4 and RsFV5 encode a hypothetical protein that differs from the first ORF of RsFV1, which encodes a helicase. We confirmed that RsPV10 and RsPV11 assemble into the spherical virus particles (approximately 30 nm in diameter) that were extracted from strain ZJ-2H. This is the first report that +ssRNA and dsRNA viruses co-infect a single strain of R. solani AG-3 PT.
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Characterization of the Mycovirome of the Phytopathogenic Fungus, Neofusicoccum parvum. Viruses 2021; 13:v13030375. [PMID: 33673510 PMCID: PMC7997348 DOI: 10.3390/v13030375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Neofusicoccum parvum is a fungal plant-pathogen belonging to the family Botryosphaeriaceae, and is considered one of the most aggressive causal agents of the grapevine trunk disease (GTD) Botryosphaeria dieback. In this study, the mycovirome of a single strain of N. parvum (COLB) was characterized by high throughput sequencing analysis of total RNA and subsequent bioinformatic analyses. Contig annotations, genome completions, and phylogenetic analyses allowed us to describe six novel mycoviruses belonging to four different viral families. The virome is composed of two victoriviruses in the family Totiviridae, one alphaendornavirus in the family Endornaviridae, two mitoviruses in the family Mitoviridae, and one narnavirus belonging to the family Narnaviridae. The presence of the co-infecting viruses was confirmed by sequencing the RT-PCR products generated from total nucleic acids extracted from COLB. This study shows that the mycovirome of a single N. parvum strain is highly diverse and distinct from that previously described in N. parvum strains isolated from grapevines.
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