Novel, diverse RNA viruses from Mediterranean isolates of the phytopathogenic fungus, Rosellinia necatrix: insights into evolutionary biology of fungal viruses

• Published in: Environmental microbiology Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 1464 - 1483
• Main Authors: Arjona‐Lopez, Juan Manuel, Telengech, Paul, Jamal, Atif, Hisano, Sakae, Kondo, Hideki, Yelin, Mery Dafny, Arjona‐Girona, Isabel, Kanematsu, Satoko, Lopez‐Herrera, Carlos José, Suzuki, Nobuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biological evolution; Biology; Double-stranded RNA; evolutionary biology; Fungi; Fusarium; Gene transfer; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; horizontal gene transfer; Hypovirus; mixed infection; mycoviruses; New species; Nucleic acids; Phytopathogenic fungi; plant pathogenic fungi; proteinases; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA viruses; Rosellinia necatrix; Soil; Soil microorganisms; ssRNA viruses; Surveys; Sympatric populations; sympatry; Viruses

Summary To reveal mycovirus diversity, we conducted a search of as‐yet‐unexplored Mediterranean isolates of the phytopathogenic ascomycete Rosellinia necatrix for virus infections. Of seventy‐nine, eleven fungal isolates tested RNA virus‐positive, with many showing coinfections, indicating a virus i...