Virions of "Sclerotinia sclerotiorum negative-stranded RNA virus 1" (SsNSRV-1), a mycovirus of family "Mymonaviridae".
Mycoviruses (Ancient Greek: μύκης mykes ("fungus") + Latin virus), also known as mycophages, are viruses that infect fungi. The majority of mycoviruses have double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genomes and isometric particles, but approximately 30% have positive-sense, single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) genomes.[1][2]
True mycoviruses demonstrate an ability to be transmitted to infect other healthy fungi. Many double-stranded RNA elements that have been described in fungi do not fit this description, and in these cases they are referred to as virus-like particles or VLPs. Preliminary results indicate that most mycoviruses co-diverge with their hosts, i.e. their phylogeny is largely congruent with that of their primary hosts.[3] However, many virus families containing mycoviruses have only sparsely been sampled. Mycovirology[4] is the study of mycoviruses. It is a special subdivision of virology and seeks to understand and describe the taxonomy, host range, origin and evolution, transmission and movement of mycoviruses and their impact on host phenotype.
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hygienic practises to stop the spread of the virus. Perhaps the best known mycovirus is Cryphonectria parasitica hypovirus 1 (CHV1). CHV1 is exceptional within...
discovered that this attenuated virulence was due to infection by a dsRNA mycovirus, Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV1) of genus Hypovirus. Considering the...
the first evidence of a mycovirus in a thermally dimorphic fungus. Talaromyces marneffei partitivirus-1 (TmPV1), a dsRNA mycovirus, was detected in 12.7%...
Wang S, Zhang L, Qiu D, Zhou X, Guo L (April 2020). "A tripartite ssDNA mycovirus from a plant pathogenic fungus is infectious as cloned DNA and purified...
infection targets (e.g. cells of a particular host) within a defined space. mycovirus Any virus capable of infecting one or more species of fungi. Contents: ...
"Genome characterization of Botrytis virus F, a flexuous rod-shaped mycovirus resembling plant 'potex-like' viruses". The Journal of General Virology...
Kuhn CW (1983) Isolation and characterization of a double-stranded DNA mycovirus infecting the aquatic fungus, Rhizidiomyces. Virology 130(1):21–28 "Viral...
et al., 2016 finds that both Fusarium circinatum mycovirus 1 (FcMV1) and Fusarium circinatum mycovirus 2 (FcMV2) increase the virulence of F. circinatum...
known to harbour several species of lichenicolous fungi as well as a mycovirus. The species was one of the 80 lichens formally described by Carl Linnaeus...
Daohong Jiang; Said A. Ghabrial; et al. (2010), "A geminivirus-related DNA mycovirus that confers hypovirulence to a plant pathogenic fungus", Proceedings...
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