Genome Sequence of a Single-Stranded DNA Virus Identified in Gila Monster Feces.

ABSTRACT: The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is native to the Sonoran Desert. Metagenomic analyses of a Gila monster fecal sample revealed the presence of a small, circular, single-stranded DNA virus that is most closely related to a gemykrogvirus (family Genomoviridae) genome from caribou feces sharing 88% genome-wide pairwise identity.

SUBMITTER: Somayaji V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256441 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature