Genomoviridae: a new family of widespread single-stranded DNA viruses

Mart Krupovic (1) , Said Ghabrial (2) , Daohong Jiang (3) , Arvind Varsani (4, 5, 6)

1 BMGE - Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles
2 UK - University of Kentucky
3 HZAU - Huazhong Agricultural University [Wuhan]
4 University of Canterbury [Christchurch]
5 University of Cape Town
6 UF - University of Florida [Gainesville]

Here, we introduce a new family of eukaryote-infecting single-stranded (ss) DNA viruses that was created recently by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). The family, named Genomoviridae, contains a single genus, Gemycircularvirus, which currently has one recognized virus species, Sclerotinia gemycircularvirus 1. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum hypovirulence-associated DNA virus 1 (SsHADV-1) is currently the sole representative isolate of the family; however, a great number of SsHADV-1-like ssDNA virus genomes has been sequenced from various environmental, plant- and animal-associated samples, indicating that members of family Genomoviridae are widespread and abundant in the environment.

Keywords: Capsid Protein; Monophyletic Clade; Fungal Virus Replication; Initiation Protein; ssDNA Virus

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Mart Krupovic, Said Ghabrial, Daohong Jiang, Arvind Varsani. Genomoviridae: a new family of widespread single-stranded DNA viruses. Archives of Virology, 2016, 161 (9), pp.2633-2643. ⟨10.1007/s00705-016-2943-3⟩. ⟨pasteur-01977377⟩