Twenty five new viruses associated with the Drosophilidae (Diptera)
| Autor: | Samuel H. Lewis, Ben Longdon, Claire L. Webster, Darren J. Obbard |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Genetics
0303 health sciences food.ingredient biology viruses 030302 biochemistry & molecular biology fungi Zoology biology.organism_classification Virus 3. Good health Polerovirus 03 medical and health sciences Tombusviridae Flaviviridae food Drosophilidae Drosophila X virus Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila 030304 developmental biology |
| DOI: | 10.1101/041665 |
| Popis: | Drosophila melanogasteris an important laboratory model for studies of antiviral immunity in invertebrates, andDrosophilaspecies provide a valuable system to study virus host range and host switching. Here we use metagenomic RNA sequencing ofca. 1600 adult flies to discover 25 new RNA viruses associated with six different drosophilid hosts in the wild. We also provide a comprehensive listing of viruses previously reported from the Drosophilidae. The new viruses include Iflaviruses, Rhabdoviruses, Nodaviruses, and Reoviruses, and members of unclassified lineages distantly related to Negeviruses, Sobemoviruses and Poleroviruses, Flaviviridae, and Tombusviridae. Among these are close relatives ofDrosophila X virusandFlock House virus, which we find in association with wildDrosophila immigrans. These two viruses are widely used in experimental studies but have not previously been reported to naturally infectDrosophila. Although we detect no new DNA viruses, inD. immigransandD. obscurawe identify sequences very closely related toArmadillidium vulgareIridescent virus (Invertebrate Iridescent virus 31), bringing the total number of DNA viruses found in the Drosophilidae to three. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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