Origins and Evolution of Viruses of Eukaryotes: the Ultimate Modularity
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Grapevine Virus Diseases: Economic Impact and Current Advances in Viral Prospection and Management1
1/22 ISSN 0100-2945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-29452017411 GRAPEVINE VIRUS DISEASES: ECONOMIC IMPACT AND CURRENT ADVANCES IN VIRAL PROSPECTION AND MANAGEMENT1 MARCOS FERNANDO BASSO2, THOR VINÍCIUS MArtins FAJARDO3, PASQUALE SALDARELLI4 ABSTRACT-Grapevine (Vitis spp.) is a major vegetative propagated fruit crop with high socioeconomic importance worldwide. It is susceptible to several graft-transmitted agents that cause several diseases and substantial crop losses, reducing fruit quality and plant vigor, and shorten the longevity of vines. The vegetative propagation and frequent exchanges of propagative material among countries contribute to spread these pathogens, favoring the emergence of complex diseases. Its perennial life cycle further accelerates the mixing and introduction of several viral agents into a single plant. Currently, approximately 65 viruses belonging to different families have been reported infecting grapevines, but not all cause economically relevant diseases. The grapevine leafroll, rugose wood complex, leaf degeneration and fleck diseases are the four main disorders having worldwide economic importance. In addition, new viral species and strains have been identified and associated with economically important constraints to grape production. In Brazilian vineyards, eighteen viruses, three viroids and two virus-like diseases had already their occurrence reported and were molecularly characterized. Here, we review the current knowledge of these viruses, report advances in their diagnosis and prospection of new species, and give indications about the management of the associated grapevine diseases. Index terms: Vegetative propagation, plant viruses, crop losses, berry quality, next-generation sequencing. VIROSES EM VIDEIRAS: IMPACTO ECONÔMICO E RECENTES AVANÇOS NA PROSPECÇÃO DE VÍRUS E MANEJO DAS DOENÇAS DE ORIGEM VIRAL RESUMO-A videira (Vitis spp.) é propagada vegetativamente e considerada uma das principais culturas frutíferas por sua importância socioeconômica mundial. -
Diversity of Viruses in Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) from Select Areas of a Wildlife-Livestock Interface Ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
American Journal of BioScience 2020; 8(6): 150-157 http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajbio doi: 10.11648/j.ajbio.20200806.12 ISSN: 2330-0159 (Print); ISSN: 2330-0167 (Online) Diversity of Viruses in Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) from Select Areas of a Wildlife-livestock Interface Ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania Donath Damian 1, 3, * , Modester Damas 1, Jonas Johansson Wensman 2, Mikael Berg 3 1Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2Section of Ruminant Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden 3Section of Virology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden Email address: *Corresponding author To cite this article: Donath Damian, Modester Damas, Jonas Johansson Wensman, Mikael Berg. Diversity of Viruses in Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) from Select Areas of a Wildlife-livestock Interface Ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. American Journal of BioScience . Vol. 8, No. 6, 2020, pp. 150-157. doi: 10.11648/j.ajbio.20200806.12 Received : December 3, 2020; Accepted : December 16, 2020; Published : December 28, 2020 Abstract: Many of the recent emerging infectious diseases have occurred due to the transmission of the viruses that have wildlife reservoirs. Arthropods, such as ticks, are known to be important vectors for spreading viruses and other pathogens from wildlife to domestic animals and humans. In the present study, we explored the diversity of viruses in hard ticks (Ixodidae) from select areas of a wildlife-livestock interface ecosystem at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania using a metagenomic approach. cDNA and DNA were amplified with random amplification and Illumina high-throughput sequencing was performed. -
Identification of Capsid/Coat Related Protein Folds and Their Utility for Virus Classification
ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 10 March 2017 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00380 Identification of Capsid/Coat Related Protein Folds and Their Utility for Virus Classification Arshan Nasir 1, 2 and Gustavo Caetano-Anollés 1* 1 Department of Crop Sciences, Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, 2 Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan The viral supergroup includes the entire collection of known and unknown viruses that roam our planet and infect life forms. The supergroup is remarkably diverse both in its genetics and morphology and has historically remained difficult to study and classify. The accumulation of protein structure data in the past few years now provides an excellent opportunity to re-examine the classification and evolution of viruses. Here we scan completely sequenced viral proteomes from all genome types and identify protein folds involved in the formation of viral capsids and virion architectures. Viruses encoding similar capsid/coat related folds were pooled into lineages, after benchmarking against published literature. Remarkably, the in silico exercise reproduced all previously described members of known structure-based viral lineages, along with several proposals for new Edited by: additions, suggesting it could be a useful supplement to experimental approaches and Ricardo Flores, to aid qualitative assessment of viral diversity in metagenome samples. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Keywords: capsid, virion, protein structure, virus taxonomy, SCOP, fold superfamily Reviewed by: Mario A. Fares, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones INTRODUCTION Científicas(CSIC), Spain Janne J. Ravantti, The last few years have dramatically increased our knowledge about viral systematics and University of Helsinki, Finland evolution. -
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Virology 554 (2021) 89–96 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Virology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/virology Diverse cressdnaviruses and an anellovirus identifiedin the fecal samples of yellow-bellied marmots Anthony Khalifeh a, Daniel T. Blumstein b,**, Rafaela S. Fontenele a, Kara Schmidlin a, C´ecile Richet a, Simona Kraberger a, Arvind Varsani a,c,* a The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, School of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA b Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA c Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Over that last decade, coupling multiple strand displacement approaches with high throughput sequencing have Marmota flaviventer resulted in the identification of genomes of diverse groups of small circular DNA viruses. Using a similar Anelloviridae approach but with recovery of complete genomes by PCR, we identified a diverse group of single-stranded vi Genomoviridae ruses in yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventer) fecal samples. From 13 fecal samples we identified viruses Cressdnaviricota in the family Genomoviridae (n = 7) and Anelloviridae (n = 1), and several others that ware part of the larger Cressdnaviricota phylum but not within established families (n = 19). There were also circular DNA molecules identified (n = 4) that appear to encode one viral-like gene and have genomes of <1545 nts. This study gives a snapshot of viruses associated with marmots based on fecal sampling. -
A Deep-Branching Clade of Retrovirus-Like Retrotransposons In
* Manuscript A deep-branching clade of retrovirus-like retrotransposons in bdelloid rotifers Running title: Rotifer LTR retrotransposons Keywords: LTR retrotransposons; asexual reproduction; reverse transcriptase; integrase; gag; pol; env Eugene A. Gladyshev1, Matthew Meselson1,2, and Irina R. Arkhipova1,2* 1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; 2Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA Abbreviations: aa – amino acid(s); bp - base pair(s); IN – integrase; kb – kilobase(s); LTR – long terminal repeat; Myr – million years; ORF – open reading frame; RT – reverse transcriptase; TE – transposable element; TM – transmembrane; UTR – untranslated region. Address for correspondence: *Dr. Irina Arkhipova, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Tel. (617) 495-7899 Fax: (617) 496-2444 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Abstract Rotifers of class Bdelloidea, a group of aquatic invertebrates in which males and meiosis have never been documented, are also unusual in their lack of multicopy LINE-like and gypsy-like retrotransposons, groups inhabiting the genomes of nearly all other metazoans. Bdelloids do contain numerous DNA transposons, both intact and decayed, and domesticated Penelope-like retroelements Athena, concentrated at telomeric regions. Here we describe two LTR retrotransposons, each found at low copy number in a different bdelloid species, which define a clade different from previously known clades of LTR retrotransposons. Like bdelloid DNA transposons and Athena, these elements have been found preferentially in telomeric regions. Unlike bdelloid DNA transposons, many of which are decayed, the newly described elements, named Vesta and Juno, inhabiting the genomes of Philodina roseola and Adineta vaga, respectively, appear to be intact and to represent recent insertions, possibly from an exogenous source. -
Entry of the Membrane-Containing Bacteriophages Into Their Hosts
Entry of the membrane-containing bacteriophages into their hosts - Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Biosciences Division of General Microbiology Faculty of Biosciences and Viikki Graduate School in Molecular Biosciences University of Helsinki ACADEMIC DISSERTATION To be presented for public examination with the permission of the Faculty of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, in the auditorium 3 of Info center Korona, Viikinkaari 11, Helsinki, on June 18th, at 8 a.m. HELSINKI 2010 Supervisor Professor Dennis H. Bamford Department of Biosciences University of Helsinki, Finland Reviewers Professor Martin Romantschuk Department of Ecological and Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki, Finland Professor Mikael Skurnik Department of Bacteriology and Immunology University of Helsinki, Finland Opponent Dr. Alasdair C. Steven Laboratory of Structural Biology Research National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institutes of Health, USA ISBN 978-952-10-6280-3 (paperback) ISBN 978-952-10-6281-0 (PDF) ISSN 1795-7079 Yliopistopaino, Helsinki University Printing House Helsinki 2010 ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS This thesis is based on the following publications, which are referred to in the text by their roman numerals: I. 6 - Verkhovskaya R, Bamford DH. 2005. Penetration of enveloped double- stranded RNA bacteriophages phi13 and phi6 into Pseudomonas syringae cells. J Virol. 79(8):5017-26. II. Gaidelyt A*, Cvirkait-Krupovi V*, Daugelaviius R, Bamford JK, Bamford DH. 2006. The entry mechanism of membrane-containing phage Bam35 infecting Bacillus thuringiensis. J Bacteriol. 188(16):5925-34. III. Cvirkait-Krupovi V, Krupovi M, Daugelaviius R, Bamford DH. 2010. Calcium ion-dependent entry of the membrane-containing bacteriophage PM2 into Pseudoalteromonas host. -
Primordial Capsid and Spooled Ssdna Genome Structures Penetrate
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.14.435335; this version posted March 14, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 1 Primordial capsid and spooled ssDNA genome structures penetrate 2 ancestral events of eukaryotic viruses 3 4 Anna Munke1*#, Kei Kimura2, Yuji Tomaru3, Han Wang1, Kazuhiro Yoshida4, Seiya Mito5, Yuki 5 Hongo6, and Kenta Okamoto1* 6 1. The Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala 7 University, Uppsala, Sweden 8 2. Department of Biological Resource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan 9 3. Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Hatsukaichi, 10 Hiroshima, Japan 11 4. Graduate School of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan 12 5. Department of Biological Resource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan 13 6. Bioinformatics and Biosciences Division, Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research 14 and Education Agency, Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 15 16 17 *Corresponding authors 18 Corresponding author 1: [email protected] 19 Corresponding author 2: [email protected] 20 21 22 #Present address: Center for Free Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 23 Hamburg 22607, Germany 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.14.435335; this version posted March 14, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. 24 Abstract 25 Marine algae viruses are important for controlling microorganism communities in the marine 26 ecosystem, and played a fundamental role during the early events of viral evolution. -
Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Dsrna Mycovirus Isolated from the Phytopathogenic Fungus Fusarium Oxysporum F
Complete genome sequence of a novel dsRNA mycovirus isolated from the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi. Carlos G. Lemus-Minor1, M. Carmen Cañizares2, María D. García-Pedrajas2, Encarnación Pérez- Artés1,* 1Department of Crop Protection, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, IAS-CSIC, Alameda del Obispo s/n. Apdo 4084, 14080 Córdoba, Spain. 2Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘‘La Mayora’’, Universidad de Málaga, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Estación Experimental ‘‘La Mayora’’, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain. *Corresponding author Encarnación Pérez-Artés. e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +34 957 49 92 23 Fax: +34 957 49 92 52 Abstract A novel double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) mycovirus, designated Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi mycovirus 1 (FodV1), was isolated from a strain of the phytopathogenic fungus F. oxysporum f. sp. dianthi. The FodV1 genome has four dsRNA segments designated, from the largest to the smallest one, dsRNA 1, 2 3, and 4. Each one of these segments contained a single open reading frame (ORF). DsRNA 1 (3555 bp) and dsRNA 3 (2794 bp) encoded a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and a putative coat protein (CP), respectively. Whereas dsRNA 2 (2809 bp) and dsRNA 4 (2646 bp) ORFs encoded hypothetical proteins (named P2 and P4, respectively) with unknown functions. Analysis of its genomic structure, homology searches of the deducted amino acid sequences, and phylogenetic analysis all indicated that FodV1 is a new member of the Chrysoviridae family. This is the first report of the complete genomic characterization of a mycovirus identified in the plant pathogenic species Fusarium oxysporum. -
First Description of Adenovirus, Enterovirus, Rotavirus and Torque
First description of Adenovirus, Enterovirus, Rotavirus and Torque teno virus in water samples collected from the Arroio Dilúvio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Vecchia, AD.a,b, Fleck, JD.a,b, Comerlato, J.c, Kluge, M.b, Bergamaschi, B.c, Da Silva, JVS.b, Da Luz, RB.b, Teixeira, TF.b, Garbinatto, GN.d, Oliveira, DV.d, Zanin, JG.d, Van der Sand, S.d, Frazzon, APG.d, Franco, AC.c, Roehe, PM.c,e and Spilki, FR.a,b* aPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Qualidade Ambiental, Universidade Feevale, CEP 93352-000, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil bLaboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Feevale, CEP 93352-000, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil cLaboratório de Virologia, Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Av. Sarmento Leite, 500, CEP 90050-170, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil dDepartamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Av. Sarmento Leite, 500, CEP 90050-170, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil eInstituto de Pesquisa Veterinária “Desidério Finamor” – IPVDF, Fundação Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuária – FEPAGRO-Saúde Animal, Estrada do Conde, 6000, CEP 92990-000, Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brazil *e-mail: [email protected] Received May 11, 2011 – Accepted July 14, 2011 – Distributed May 31, 2012 (With 1 figure) Abstract Adenovirus (AdV), enterovirus (EV), genogroup A rotaviruses (GARV) and Torque teno virus (TTV) are non-enveloped viral agents excreted in feces and so may contaminate water bodies. In the present study, the molecular detection of these viruses was performed in samples of surface water collected from the Arroio Dilúvio, a waterstream that crosses the city of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, receiving great volumes of non-treated sewage from a large urban area. -
The LUCA and Its Complex Virome in Another Recent Synthesis, We Examined the Origins of the Replication and Structural Mart Krupovic , Valerian V
PERSPECTIVES archaea that form several distinct, seemingly unrelated groups16–18. The LUCA and its complex virome In another recent synthesis, we examined the origins of the replication and structural Mart Krupovic , Valerian V. Dolja and Eugene V. Koonin modules of viruses and posited a ‘chimeric’ scenario of virus evolution19. Under this Abstract | The last universal cellular ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population model, the replication machineries of each of of organisms from which all cellular life on Earth descends. The reconstruction of the four realms derive from the primordial the genome and phenotype of the LUCA is a major challenge in evolutionary pool of genetic elements, whereas the major biology. Given that all life forms are associated with viruses and/or other mobile virion structural proteins were acquired genetic elements, there is no doubt that the LUCA was a host to viruses. Here, by from cellular hosts at different stages of evolution giving rise to bona fide viruses. projecting back in time using the extant distribution of viruses across the two In this Perspective article, we combine primary domains of life, bacteria and archaea, and tracing the evolutionary this recent work with observations on the histories of some key virus genes, we attempt a reconstruction of the LUCA virome. host ranges of viruses in each of the four Even a conservative version of this reconstruction suggests a remarkably complex realms, along with deeper reconstructions virome that already included the main groups of extant viruses of bacteria and of virus evolution, to tentatively infer archaea. We further present evidence of extensive virus evolution antedating the the composition of the virome of the last universal cellular ancestor (LUCA; also LUCA. -
Virus–Host Interactions and Their Roles in Coral Reef Health and Disease
!"#$"%& Virus–host interactions and their roles in coral reef health and disease Rebecca Vega Thurber1, Jérôme P. Payet1,2, Andrew R. Thurber1,2 and Adrienne M. S. Correa3 !"#$%&'$()(*+%&,(%--.#(+''/%!01(1/$%0-1$23++%(#4&,,+5(5&$-%#6('+1#$0$/$-("0+708-%#0$9(&17( 3%+7/'$080$9(4+$#3+$#6(&17(&%-($4%-&$-1-7("9(&1$4%+3+:-10'(70#$/%"&1'-;(<40#(=-80-5(3%+807-#( &1(01$%+7/'$0+1($+('+%&,(%--.(80%+,+:9(&17(->34�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cycling. Last, we outline how marine viruses are an integral part of the reef system and suggest $4&$($4-(01.,/-1'-(+.(80%/#-#(+1(%--.(./1'$0+1(0#(&1(-##-1$0&,('+>3+1-1$(+.($4-#-(:,+"&,,9( 0>3+%$&1$(-180%+1>-1$#; To p - d ow n e f f e c t s Viruses infect all cellular life, including bacteria and evidence that macroorganisms play important parts in The ecological concept that eukaryotes, and contain ~200 megatonnes of carbon the dynamics of viroplankton; for example, sponges can organismal growth and globally1 — thus, they are integral parts of marine eco- filter and consume viruses6,7. -
A Systematic Review of Human Pathogens Carried by the Housefly
Khamesipour et al. BMC Public Health (2018) 18:1049 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5934-3 REVIEWARTICLE Open Access A systematic review of human pathogens carried by the housefly (Musca domestica L.) Faham Khamesipour1,2* , Kamran Bagheri Lankarani1, Behnam Honarvar1 and Tebit Emmanuel Kwenti3,4 Abstract Background: The synanthropic house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), is a mechanical vector of pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites), some of which cause serious diseases in humans and domestic animals. In the present study, a systematic review was done on the types and prevalence of human pathogens carried by the house fly. Methods: Major health-related electronic databases including PubMed, PubMed Central, Google Scholar, and Science Direct were searched (Last update 31/11/2017) for relevant literature on pathogens that have been isolated from the house fly. Results: Of the 1718 titles produced by bibliographic search, 99 were included in the review. Among the titles included, 69, 15, 3, 4, 1 and 7 described bacterial, fungi, bacteria+fungi, parasites, parasite+bacteria, and viral pathogens, respectively. Most of the house flies were captured in/around human habitation and animal farms. Pathogens were frequently isolated from body surfaces of the flies. Over 130 pathogens, predominantly bacteria (including some serious and life-threatening species) were identified from the house flies. Numerous publications also reported antimicrobial resistant bacteria and fungi isolated from house flies. Conclusions: This review showed that house flies carry a large number of pathogens which can cause serious infections in humans and animals. More studies are needed to identify new pathogens carried by the house fly.