Genome Sequence of an Alphaherpesvirus from a Beluga Whale ( Delphinapterus leucas )

ABSTRACT Beluga whale alphaherpesvirus 1 was isolated from a blowhole swab taken from a juvenile beluga whale. The genome is 144,144 bp in size and contains 86 putative genes. The virus groups phylogenetically with members of the genus Varicellovirus in subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae and is the first...

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Published in:Genome Announcements
Main Authors: Davison, Andrew J., Nielsen, Ole, Subramaniam, Kuttichantran, Jacob, Jessica M., Romero, Carlos H., Burek-Huntington, Kathy A., Waltzek, Thomas B.
Other Authors: UK Medical Research Council
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
Subjects:
Beluga
Beluga whale
Beluga*
Delphinapterus leucas
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomea.01100-17
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/genomeA.01100-17
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Summary:ABSTRACT Beluga whale alphaherpesvirus 1 was isolated from a blowhole swab taken from a juvenile beluga whale. The genome is 144,144 bp in size and contains 86 putative genes. The virus groups phylogenetically with members of the genus Varicellovirus in subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae and is the first alphaherpesvirus sequenced from a marine mammal.

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