Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern Vietnam
Modern metagenomic approaches enable the effective discovery of novel viruses in previously unexplored organisms. Termites are significant ecosystem converters and influencers. As with the majority of tropical forest insects, termites are studied insufficiently, and termite virome remains especially...
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| author | Alexander G. Litov Anna I. Zueva Alexei V. Tiunov Nguyen Van Thinh Natalia V. Belyaeva Galina G. Karganova |
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| description | Modern metagenomic approaches enable the effective discovery of novel viruses in previously unexplored organisms. Termites are significant ecosystem converters and influencers. As with the majority of tropical forest insects, termites are studied insufficiently, and termite virome remains especially understudied. Here, we studied the virome of lichenophagous and mycophagous termites (<i>Hospitalitermes bicolor</i>, <i>Macrotermes carbonarius</i> and <i>Odontotermes wallonensis</i>) collected in the Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam). We assembled four full genomes of novel viruses related to <i>Solemoviridae</i>, <i>Lispiviridae</i>, <i>Polycipiviridae</i> and <i>Kolmioviridae</i>. We also found several contigs with relation to <i>Chuviridae</i> and <i>Deltaflexiviridae</i> that did not correspond to complete virus genomes. All the novel viruses clustered phylogenetically with previously identified viruses of the termites. Deltaflexi-like contigs were identified in the fungi-cultivating <i>M. carbonarius</i> and showed homology with viruses recently discovered in the edible basidiomycete mushrooms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9711adf5e033473c8ee6c492343c98362023-11-23T13:29:14ZengMDPI AGViruses1999-49152022-04-0114586010.3390/v14050860Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern VietnamAlexander G. Litov0Anna I. Zueva1Alexei V. Tiunov2Nguyen Van Thinh3Natalia V. Belyaeva4Galina G. Karganova5Laboratory of Biology of Arboviruses, FSASI Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products of RAS, 108819 Moscow, RussiaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, 119071 Moscow, RussiaA.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, 119071 Moscow, RussiaSouthern Branch, Russian–Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Ho Chi Minh City 70001, VietnamDivision of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, RussiaLaboratory of Biology of Arboviruses, FSASI Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products of RAS, 108819 Moscow, RussiaModern metagenomic approaches enable the effective discovery of novel viruses in previously unexplored organisms. Termites are significant ecosystem converters and influencers. As with the majority of tropical forest insects, termites are studied insufficiently, and termite virome remains especially understudied. Here, we studied the virome of lichenophagous and mycophagous termites (<i>Hospitalitermes bicolor</i>, <i>Macrotermes carbonarius</i> and <i>Odontotermes wallonensis</i>) collected in the Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam). We assembled four full genomes of novel viruses related to <i>Solemoviridae</i>, <i>Lispiviridae</i>, <i>Polycipiviridae</i> and <i>Kolmioviridae</i>. We also found several contigs with relation to <i>Chuviridae</i> and <i>Deltaflexiviridae</i> that did not correspond to complete virus genomes. All the novel viruses clustered phylogenetically with previously identified viruses of the termites. Deltaflexi-like contigs were identified in the fungi-cultivating <i>M. carbonarius</i> and showed homology with viruses recently discovered in the edible basidiomycete mushrooms.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/5/860metagenomicsvirome<i>Chuviridae</i><i>Deltavirus</i><i>Dagazvirus</i>Isoptera |
| spellingShingle | Alexander G. Litov Anna I. Zueva Alexei V. Tiunov Nguyen Van Thinh Natalia V. Belyaeva Galina G. Karganova Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern Vietnam Viruses metagenomics virome <i>Chuviridae</i> <i>Deltavirus</i> <i>Dagazvirus</i> Isoptera |
| title | Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern Vietnam |
| title_full | Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern Vietnam |
| title_short | Virome of Three Termite Species from Southern Vietnam |
| title_sort | virome of three termite species from southern vietnam |
| topic | metagenomics virome <i>Chuviridae</i> <i>Deltavirus</i> <i>Dagazvirus</i> Isoptera |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/5/860 |
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