Characterization of fossilized relatives of the White Spot Syndrome Virus in genomes of decapod crustaceans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is an important pathogen that infects a variety of decapod species and causes a highly contagious disease in penaeid shrimps. Mass mortalities caused by WSSV have pronounced commercial impact on shrimp aquaculture. Until now WSSV is the only known member of the virus family Nimaviridae, a group with obscure phylogenetic affinities. Its isolated position makes WSSV studies challenging due to large number of genes without homology in other viruses or cellular organisms.

Results

Here we report the discovery of an unusually large amount of sequences with high similarity to WSSV in a genomic library from the Jamaican bromeliad crab Metopaulias depressus. De novo assembly of these sequences allowed for the partial reconstruction of t

SUBMITTER: Rozenberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4506587 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature