Smacoviridae: a new family of animal-associated single-stranded DNA viruses
Smacoviruses have small (∼2.3-2.9 kb), circular single-stranded DNA genomes encoding rolling circle replication-associated proteins (Rep) and unique capsid proteins. Although smacoviruses are prevalent in faecal matter of various vertebrates, including humans, none of these viruses have been culture...
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| Vydané v: | Archives of virology Ročník 163; číslo 7; s. 2005 - 2015 |
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| Hlavní autori: | , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Vienna
Springer Vienna
01.07.2018
Springer Nature B.V Springer Verlag |
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| ISSN: | 0304-8608, 1432-8798, 1432-8798 |
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| Shrnutí: | Smacoviruses have small (∼2.3-2.9 kb), circular single-stranded DNA genomes encoding rolling circle replication-associated proteins (Rep) and unique capsid proteins. Although smacoviruses are prevalent in faecal matter of various vertebrates, including humans, none of these viruses have been cultured thus far. Smacoviruses display ∼45% genome-wide sequence diversity, which is very similar to that found within other families of circular Rep-encoding single-stranded (CRESS) DNA viruses, including members of the families
Geminiviridae
(46% diversity) and
Genomoviridae
(47% diversity). Here, we announce the creation of a new family
Smacoviridae
and describe a sequence-based taxonomic framework which was used to classify 83 smacovirus genomes into 43 species within six new genera,
Bovismacovirus
(n=3),
Cosmacovirus
(n=1),
Dragsmacovirus
(n=1),
Drosmacovirus
(n=3),
Huchismacovirus
(n=7), and
Porprismacovirus
(n=28). As in the case of genomoviruses, the species demarcation is based on the genome-wide pairwise identity, whereas genera are established based on the Rep amino acid sequence identity coupled with strong phylogenetic support. A similar sequence-based taxonomic framework should guide the classification of an astonishing diversity of other uncultured and currently unclassified CRESS DNA viruses discovered by metagenomic approaches. |
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| ISSN: | 0304-8608 1432-8798 1432-8798 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00705-018-3820-z |