Co-Isolation and Characterization of Two Pandoraviruses and a Mimivirus from a Riverbank in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Giant viruses, like pandoraviruses and mimiviruses, have been discovered from diverse environments, and their broad global distribution has been established. Here, we report two new isolates of Pandoravirus spp. and one Mimivirus sp., named Pandoravirus hades, Pandoravirus persephone, and Mimivirus sp. isolate styx, co-isolated from riverbank soil in Japan. We obtained nearly complete sequences of the family B DNA polymerase gene (polB) of P. hades and P. persephone; the former carried two known intein regions, while the latter had only one. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the two new pandoravirus isolates are closely related to Pandoravirus dulcis. Furthermore, random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis revealed that P.

SUBMITTER: Akashi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6950457 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature