Diverse Microvirus Genomes Identified in the Stomach of a Sharp-Spined Notothen (Trematomus pennellii) from the Ross Sea (East Antarctica)

• Published in: Microbiology Resource Announcements
• Main Authors: Lopez, Jasmine K. M., Austin, Charlotte, Farkas, Kata, Kraberger, Simona, Davison, William, Varsani, Arvind
• Other Authors: Dennehy, John J., Antarctica New Zealand, ASU- Center of Evolution and Medicine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023
• Subjects: Genetics; Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous); Molecular Biology; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Icefish
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.01233-22; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mra.01233-22

Sharp-spined notothen ( Trematomus pennellii ) is an icefish endemic to the southern ocean. From the stomach of an individual, we identified the genomes of 51 microviruses (family Microviridae ). The major capsid proteins of most of these share the closest similarities to those identified in other marine organisms.