Genomes of Single-Stranded DNA Viruses in a Fecal Sample from South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) on Ross Island, Antarctica

South polar skuas migrate from subtropical regions to breed along coastal Antarctica. In a fecal sample collected on Ross Island, Antarctica, we identified 20 diverse microviruses ( Microviridae ) that share low levels of similarity to currently known microviruses; 6 appear to use a Mycoplasma/Spiro...

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Published in:Microbiology Resource Announcements
Main Authors: Shick, Sarah R. A., Elrod, Megan L., Schmidt, Annie, Kraberger, Simona, Ainley, David G., Ballard, Grant, Varsani, Arvind
Other Authors: Roux, Simon, National Science Foundation
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023
Subjects:
Genetics
Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
Molecular Biology
Ross Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
South Polar Skuas
Stercorarius maccormicki
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00299-23
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mra.00299-23
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Summary:South polar skuas migrate from subtropical regions to breed along coastal Antarctica. In a fecal sample collected on Ross Island, Antarctica, we identified 20 diverse microviruses ( Microviridae ) that share low levels of similarity to currently known microviruses; 6 appear to use a Mycoplasma/Spiroplasma codon translation table.

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