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 …

Mycoviruses as a part of the global virome: Diversity, evolutionary links and lifestyle

MA Ayllón, EJ Vainio - Advances in virus research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of mycovirus diversity, evolution, horizontal gene transfer and shared
ancestry with viruses infecting distantly related hosts, such as plants and arthropods, has …

Hybrids of RNA viruses and viroid-like elements replicate in fungi

M Forgia, B Navarro, S Daghino, A Cervera… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Earth's life may have originated as self-replicating RNA, and it has been argued that RNA
viruses and viroid-like elements are remnants of such pre-cellular RNA world. RNA viruses …

Analysis of the virome associated to grapevine downy mildew lesions reveals new mycovirus lineages

M Chiapello, J Rodríguez-Romero, MA Ayllón… - Virus …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The obligatory biotrophic oomycetes Plasmopara viticola is the causal agent of downy
mildew, a destructive disease of grapevine worldwide. So far, chemical fungicides are …

Novel mycoviruses discovered in the mycovirome of a necrotrophic fungus

A Ruiz-Padilla, J Rodríguez-Romero, I Gómez-Cid… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Botrytis cinerea is one of the most important plant-pathogenic fungus. Products based on
microorganisms can be used in biocontrol strategies alternative to chemical control, and …

Nine viruses from eight lineages exhibiting new evolutionary modes that co-infect a hypovirulent phytopathogenic fungus

F Mu, B Li, S Cheng, J Jia, D Jiang, Y Fu… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mycoviruses are an important component of the virosphere, but our current knowledge of
their genome organization diversity and evolution remains rudimentary. In this study, the …

The mycovirome of a fungal collection from the sea cucumber Holothuria polii

L Nerva, M Forgia, M Ciuffo, W Chitarra, M Chiapello… - Virus research, 2019 - Elsevier
Holothuria polii is a marine animal with an important ecological and economic impact. In the
present study we analysed the presence of mycoviruses associated to fungi that were …

A collection of Trichoderma isolates from natural environments in Sardinia reveals a complex virome that includes negative-sense fungal viruses with unprecedented …

S Pagnoni, S Oufensou, V Balmas, D Bulgari… - Virus …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Trichoderma genus includes soil-inhabiting fungi that provide important ecosystem services
in their interaction with plants and other fungi, as well as biocontrol of fungal plant diseases …

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 …

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 …