Metagenomic Analyses of Water Samples of Two Urban Freshwaters in Berlin, Germany, Reveal New Highly Diverse Invertebrate Viruses.

ABSTRACT: In an attempt to explore the RNA viromes of two German rivers, we searched the virus particle contents of one 50 L water sample each from the Teltow Canal and the Havel River for viruses assumed to infect invertebrates. More than 330 complete and partial virus genomes up to a length of 37 kb were identified, with noda-like and reo-like viruses being most abundant, followed by bunya-like and birna-like viruses. Viruses related to the Permutotetraviridae, Nidovirales, Flaviviridae, Rhabdoviridae and Chuviridae as well as the unclassified Jῑngmén virus and Negev virus groups were also present. The results indicate a broad extent of recombinant virus genomes, supporting the concept of the modularity of eukaryotic viruses. For example, novel combinations of genes enc

SUBMITTER: Zell R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11596407 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature