Characterization of a peribunyavirus isolated from largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

• Published in: Virus research Vol. 273; p. 197761
• Main Authors: Waltzek, Thomas B., Subramaniam, Kuttichantran, Leis, Eric, Katona, Ryan, Fan Ng, Terry Fei, Delwart, Eric, Barbknecht, Marisa, Rock, Kelly, Hoffman, Michael A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Bunyavirales; Centrachidae; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; Largemouth bass; Micropterus salmoides; Next-generation sequencing; Orthobunyavirus; pathogenicity; Peribunyaviridae; viruses; Wisconsin; Wisconsin; Largemouth bass; Next-generation sequencing; Peribunyaviridae; Centrachidae; Bunyavirales

•First fish peribunyavirus determined using a next-generation sequencing approach.•Largemouth bass bunyavirus represents the only peribunyavirus characterized from an ectothermic vertebrate host.•The largemouth bass bunyavirus was found to be genetically divergent from previously characterized perib...