Mycovirus diversity and evolution revealed/inferred from recent studies

H Kondo, L Botella, N Suzuki - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
High-throughput virome analyses with various fungi, from cultured or uncultured sources,
have led to the discovery of diverse viruses with unique genome structures and even neo …

Fungal viruses unveiled: a comprehensive review of mycoviruses

B Hough, E Steenkamp, B Wingfield, D Read - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mycoviruses (viruses of fungi) are ubiquitous throughout the fungal kingdom and are
currently classified into 23 viral families and the genus botybirnavirus by the International …

Mycoviruses and their role in fungal pathogenesis

I Kotta-Loizou - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Mycoviruses infect numerous important plant, insect, and human pathogenic
fungi.•Mycoviruses affect pathogenicity, virulence, toxin production and drug …

Continued mycovirus discovery expanding our understanding of virus lifestyles, symptom expression, and host defense

Y Sato, N Suzuki - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
High-throughput sequencing technologies have greatly expanded the RNA virome in
general and have led to an exponential increase in new fungal viruses, also known as …

Biological disease control by beneficial (micro) organisms: Selected breakthroughs in the past 50 years

S Sarrocco - Phytopathology®, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Biological control of plant disease by beneficial (micro) organisms is one of the main tools
available to preserve plant health within the wider context of One Health and in line with the …

New insights on the integrated management of plant diseases by RNA strategies: Mycoviruses and RNA interference

IT Bocos-Asenjo, J Niño-Sánchez, M Ginésy… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
RNA-based strategies for plant disease management offer an attractive alternative to
agrochemicals that negatively impact human and ecosystem health and lead to pathogen …

Sequencing the genomes of the first terrestrial fungal lineages: what have we learned?

AP Gryganskyi, J Golan, A Muszewska, A Idnurm… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The first genome sequenced of a eukaryotic organism was for Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
as reported in 1996, but it was more than 10 years before any of the zygomycete fungi …

Armillaria root rot fungi host single-stranded RNA viruses

R Linnakoski, S Sutela, MPA Coetzee, TA Duong… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Species of Armillaria are distributed globally and include some of the most important
pathogens of forest and ornamental trees. Some of them form large long-living clones that …

Exploring the mycovirus universe: Identification, diversity, and biotechnological applications

DC Villan Larios, BM Diaz Reyes, CP Pirovani… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Viruses that infect fungi are known as mycoviruses and are characterized by the lack of an
extracellular phase. In recent years, the advances on nucleic acids sequencing technologies …

The viromes of six ecosystem service provider parasitoid wasps

GB Caldas-Garcia, VC Santos, PLC Fonseca… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Parasitoid wasps are fundamental insects for the biological control of agricultural pests.
Despite the importance of wasps as natural enemies for more sustainable and healthy …