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

• 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

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.