Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUViG)

S Roux, EM Adriaenssens, BE Dutilh, EV Koonin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We present an extension of the Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence (MIxS)
standard for reporting sequences of uncultivated virus genomes. Minimum Information about …

Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

P Simmonds, MJ Adams, M Benkő, M Breitbart… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The number and diversity of viral sequences that are identified in metagenomic data far
exceeds that of experimentally characterized virus isolates. In a recent workshop, a panel of …

Discovery of several thousand highly diverse circular DNA viruses

MJ Tisza, DV Pastrana, NL Welch, B Stewart, A Peretti… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Although millions of distinct virus species likely exist, only approximately 9000 are
catalogued in GenBank's RefSeq database. We selectively enriched for the genomes of …

Eukaryotic circular rep-encoding single-stranded DNA (CRESS DNA) viruses: ubiquitous viruses with small genomes and a diverse host range

L Zhao, K Rosario, M Breitbart, S Duffy - Advances in virus research, 2019 - Elsevier
While single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) was once thought to be a relatively rare genomic
architecture for viruses, modern metagenomics sequencing has revealed circular ssDNA …

Towards quantitative viromics for both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA viruses

S Roux, NE Solonenko, VT Dang, BT Poulos… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Background Viruses strongly influence microbial population dynamics and ecosystem
functions. However, our ability to quantitatively evaluate those viral impacts is limited to the …

Sequence-based taxonomic framework for the classification of uncultured single-stranded DNA viruses of the family Genomoviridae

A Varsani, M Krupovic - Virus evolution, 2017 - academic.oup.com
With the advent of metagenomics approaches, a large diversity of known and unknown
viruses has been identified in various types of environmental, plant, and animal samples …

Pervasive chimerism in the replication-associated proteins of uncultured single-stranded DNA viruses

D Kazlauskas, A Varsani, M Krupovic - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Numerous metagenomic studies have uncovered a remarkable diversity of circular
replication-associated protein (Rep)-encoding single-stranded (CRESS) DNA viruses, the …

Naryaviridae, Nenyaviridae, and Vilyaviridae: three new families of single-stranded DNA viruses in the phylum Cressdnaviricota

M Krupovic, A Varsani - Archives of virology, 2022 - Springer
The phylum Cressdnaviricota includes viruses with circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)
genomes and icosahedral capsids. These viruses display global environmental distribution …

Viral Metagenomic Analysis of Aedes albopictus Mosquitos from Southern Switzerland

J Kubacki, E Flacio, W Qi, V Guidi, M Tonolla, C Fraefel - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
A metagenomic study was performed on 498 female and 40 male Aedes albopictus
mosquitos collected in August and September 2019 in Ticino, a region in southern …

Metagenomic detection and characterisation of multiple viruses in apparently healthy Australian Neophema birds

S Sarker - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Emerging viral pathogens are a significant concern, with potential consequences for human,
animal and environmental health. Over the past several decades, many novel viruses have …