Department of Molecular Bioscience, College of Biomedical Science, Kang Won National University, Hyoja Dong, Chun Cheon Si, Kangwon Do, Korea.
Arch Virol. 2014 Jun;159(6):1321-7. doi: 10.1007/s00705-013-1938-6. Epub 2013 Dec 11.
New Zealand isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria were examined for the presence of dsRNAs and virus-like particles. Seven out of nine isolates contained one or more high-molecular-weight dsRNAs and all seven contained isometric virus particles ranging in size from 30 to 50 nm. B. bassiana isolate ICMP#6887 contained a single dsRNA band of ~6 kb and isometric virus-like particles of ~50 nm in diameter. Sequencing revealed that the virus from ICMP#6887 had a genome of 5,327 nt with two overlapping ORFs coding for a putative coat protein (CP) and an RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp). The sequence showed a highest CP identity of 58.3 % to Tolypocladium cylindrosporum virus 1 (TcV1) and a highest RdRp identity of 48.8 % to Sphaeropsis sapinea RNA virus 1 (SsRV1). Since both TcV1 and SsRV1 belong to the genus Victorivirus, the new virus from B. bassiana ICMP#6887 was tentatively assigned the name Beauveria bassiana victorivirus 1 (BbVV1-6887).
新西兰的虫生真菌白僵菌分离株被检测是否存在双链 RNA 和类病毒颗粒。在 9 个分离株中,有 7 个含有一个或多个高分子量双链 RNA,且这 7 个分离株都含有等径病毒颗粒,大小在 30 到 50nm 之间。白僵菌 ICMP#6887 分离株含有一条大小约为 6kb 的单链 RNA 带和大小约为 50nm 的等径病毒样颗粒。测序结果显示,ICMP#6887 中的病毒基因组全长 5327nt,含有两个重叠的开放阅读框,分别编码一个假定的外壳蛋白 (CP) 和 RNA 依赖性 RNA 聚合酶 (RdRp)。该序列的 CP 与 Tolypocladium cylindrosporum virus 1 (TcV1) 的同源性最高,为 58.3%,RdRp 与 Sphaeropsis sapinea RNA virus 1 (SsRV1) 的同源性最高,为 48.8%。由于 TcV1 和 SsRV1 都属于 Victorivirus 属,因此,白僵菌 ICMP#6887 中的新病毒被暂时命名为白僵菌 Victorivirus 1 (BbVV1-6887)。