Mycoviruses in Entomopathogenic Fungi [PDF]
VirusesMycoviruses are widely distributed among different groups of filamentous fungi. An awareness of infections caused by mycoviruses was highlighted in the 1980s and 1990s, when the impact of these agents on phenotypes of agriculturally and medically ...
Bo Huang +2 more
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Multiplex Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus Mycoviruses [PDF]
Viruses, 2018 Mycoviruses are viruses that naturally infect and replicate in fungi. They are widespread in all major fungal groups including plant and animal pathogenic fungi. Several dsRNA mycoviruses have been reported in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Robert H A Coutts +1 more
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Fungal Viruses Unveiled: A Comprehensive Review of Mycoviruses
Viruses, 2023 Mycoviruses (viruses of fungi) are ubiquitous throughout the fungal kingdom and are currently classified into 23 viral families and the genus botybirnavirus by the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
Bianca Hough
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DiscMycoVir: a user-friendly platform for discovering mycoviruses in fungal transcriptomes [PDF]
BMC BioinformaticsPurpose The article presents DiscMycoVir, an elegant and user-friendly platform for discovering mycoviruses in fungal transcriptomes. DiscMycoVir is a pipeline of established tools for next-generation sequencing analysis and database searching ...
Agorakis Bompotas +4 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Mycoviruses Infecting the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Rosellinia necatrix [PDF]
Frontiers in VirologyThe number of documented viruses that infect fungi has increased during the past few decades. Mycoviruses that infect plant pathogenic fungi are the main focus of mycoviral research since some of them have the capacity to cause hypovirulence to their ...
Ioly Kotta-Loizou
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Mycoviruses: Environmental Variables, Vector-Mediated Transmission and Use as a Biocontrol [PDF]
VirusesMycoviruses, or fungal viruses, are widespread throughout the fungal kingdom. This study aimed to identify environmental factors associated with mycoviruses, explore their transmission mechanisms, including vector-mediated transmission, and assess their ...
Glenda Coromoto Velasquez Serra +1 more
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Plasmid-like dynamics of persistent RNA viruses in the host fungal population [PDF]
Journal of VirologyUnlike the well-known acute or chronic animal and plant RNA viruses, most fungal RNA viruses (RNA mycoviruses) have a persistent life cycle. They lack an extracellular infection route and coexist with their hosts for a lifetime.
Yuto Chiba +5 more
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Mycoviral Diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Three Major Watermelon-Production Areas in China [PDF]
MicroorganismsWatermelon is one of the most important fruits in China, accounting for more than 70% of the world’s total output. Fusarium wilt of watermelon is the most common and serious disease in the cultivation of watermelon.
Jiawang Yang +5 more
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Identification of Mycoviruses in Cytospora chrysosperma: Potential Biocontrol Agents for Walnut Canker [PDF]
VirusesWalnut canker is a common disease in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of China, which is caused by Cytospora chrysosperma. To date, there is no effective control measure for this disease.
Yingjie Mi +9 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) is a devastating plant pathogen that caused a great financial loss in the banana’s source area. Metatranscriptomic analysis was used to determine the diversity of mycoviruses in 246 isolates of F. oxysporum f.
Yiting Ye +5 more
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