Beyond just bacteria: functional biomes in the gut ecosystem including virome, mycobiome, archaeome and helminths

R Vemuri, EM Shankar, M Chieppa, R Eri, K Kavanagh - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gut microbiota refers to a complex network of microbes, which exerts a marked influence on
the host's health. It is composed of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and helminths. Bacteria, or …

Reorganizing the family Parvoviridae: a revised taxonomy independent of the canonical approach based on host association

JJ Pénzes, M Söderlund-Venermo, M Canuti… - Archives of …, 2020 - Springer
Parvoviridae, a diverse family of small single-stranded DNA viruses was established in
1975. It was divided into two subfamilies, Parvovirinae and Densovirinae, in 1993 to …

Enteric viral co-infections: Pathogenesis and perspective

H Makimaa, H Ingle, MT Baldridge - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Enteric viral co-infections, infections involving more than one virus, have been reported for a
diverse group of etiological agents, including rotavirus, norovirus, astrovirus, adenovirus …

A roadmap for urban evolutionary ecology

LR Rivkin, JS Santangelo, M Alberti… - Evolutionary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Urban ecosystems are rapidly expanding throughout the world, but how urban growth affects
the evolutionary ecology of species living in urban areas remains largely unknown. Urban …

Characterizing and evaluating the zoonotic potential of novel viruses discovered in vampire bats

LM Bergner, N Mollentze, RJ Orton, C Tello, A Broos… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The contemporary surge in metagenomic sequencing has transformed knowledge of viral
diversity in wildlife. However, evaluating which newly discovered viruses pose sufficient risk …

An ancient lineage of highly divergent parvoviruses infects both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts

JJ Pénzes, WM de Souza, M Agbandje-McKenna… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chapparvoviruses (ChPVs) comprise a divergent, recently identified group of parvoviruses
(family Parvoviridae), associated with nephropathy in immunocompromised laboratory mice …

Discovery and Genetic Characterization of Novel Paramyxoviruses Related to the Genus Henipavirus in Crocidura Species in the Republic of Korea

SH Lee, K Kim, J Kim, JS No, K Park, S Budhathoki… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Paramyxoviruses, negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, pose a critical threat to
human public health. Currently, 78 species, 17 genera, and 4 subfamilies of …

Decoding the RNA viromes in rodent lungs provides new insight into the origin and evolutionary patterns of rodent-borne pathogens in Mainland Southeast Asia

Z Wu, Y Han, B Liu, H Li, G Zhu, A Latinne, J Dong… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background As the largest group of mammalian species, which are also widely distributed
all over the world, rodents are the natural reservoirs for many diverse zoonotic viruses. A …

Natural rodent model of viral transmission reveals biological features of virus population dynamics

EJ Fay, KM Balla, SN Roach, FK Shepherd… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Emerging viruses threaten global health, but few experimental models can characterize the
virus and host factors necessary for within-and cross-species transmission. Here, we …

Faecal virome analysis of wild animals from Brazil

M A. Duarte, JM F. Silva, C R. Brito, D S. Teixeira… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Brazilian Cerrado fauna shows very wide diversity and can be a potential viral reservoir.
Therefore, the animal's susceptibility to some virus can serve as early warning signs of …