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

• 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

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.