Mycovirus Hunting Revealed the Presence of Diverse Viruses in a Single Isolate of the Phytopathogenic Fungus Diplodia seriata From Pakistan

• Published in: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology Vol. 12; p. 913619
• Main Authors: Khan, Haris Ahmed, Telengech, Paul, Kondo, Hideki, Bhatti, Muhammad Faraz, Suzuki, Nobuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 29.06.2022
• Subjects: Ascomycota - virology; Botryosphaeriaceae; Cellular and Infection Microbiology; Diplodia seriata; Fungal Viruses - classification; Fungal Viruses - isolation & purification; Genome, Viral; mycovirome; next-generation sequencing; Pakistan; Phylogeny; phytopathogenic fungi; RNA Viruses - classification; RNA Viruses - isolation & purification; RNA, Double-Stranded - genetics; RNA, Viral - genetics; ssRNA virus; Pakistan; ssRNA virus; next-generation sequencing; Botryosphaeriaceae; virus/virus interaction; dsRNA virus; Diplodia seriata; mycovirome; phytopathogenic fungi

Diplodia seriata in the family Botryosphaeriaceae is a cosmopolitan phytopathogenic fungus and is responsible for causing cankers, fruit rot and leaf spots on economically important plants. In this study, we characterized the virome of a single Pakistani strain (L3) of D. seriata . Several viral-lik...