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ArticleArchives of virology2025

Genomic characterisation of a novel unirnavirus isolated from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum.

Matheus da Silva Camargo, Lucas Wisnieswski, Ítalo Lasch, Eduardo Pilar Gonçalves, Ioly Kotta-Loizou, Augusto Schrank

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Article in Archives of virology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Matheus da Silva CamargoDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-6702
Lucas WisnieswskiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6748-5851
Ítalo LaschDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3224-1143
Eduardo Pilar GonçalvesDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-6955-0473
Ioly Kotta-LoizouDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3277-6359
Augusto SchrankDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. aschrank@ufrgs.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5248-4620

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 42462.540.29362.11072019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metarhizium acridum is a well-established specialist entomopathogenic fungus that primarily targets arthropods within the order Orthoptera. In this study, we investigated the genomic characteristics of a novel mycovirus infecting M. acridum, named "Metarhizium acridum unirnavirus 1" (MaUV1). Its genome is 2,907 bp in length and contains two open reading frames (ORFs), encoding a protein of unknown function and an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. The identified ORFs showed sequence similarity to those of "Botryosphaeria dothidea non-segmented dsRNA mycovirus" and "Nigrospora oryzae mycovirus 1". Phylogenetic analysis revealed that MaUV1 belongs to the recently established genus Unirnavirus, family Amalgaviridae. This is the first report of an amalgavirus infecting a member of the genus Metarhizium and the first report of a mycovirus infecting M. acridum.

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Fungal VirusesGenome, ViralMetarhiziumRNA VirusesAnimalsOpen Reading FramesPhylogenyRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralViral ProteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralViral Proteins

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PMID41060439

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