Identification of Circovirus Genome in a Chinstrap Penguin ( Pygoscelis antarcticus ) and Adélie Penguin ( Pygoscelis adeliae ) on the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Hila Levy, Steven R. Fiddaman, Anni Djurhuus, Caitlin E. Black, Simona Kraberger, Adrian L. Smith, Tom Hart, Arvind Varsani
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: circovirus; penguins; Antarctica; Pygoscelis antarcticus; Pygoscelis adeliae; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; South Shetland Islands; Ross Island; Charcot; Crozier; Cape Crozier; Booth Island; Port Charcot; Antarc*; antarcticus; Chinstrap penguin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080858; https://doaj.org/article/890e6b1475714e40ae5b94d3341265a8

Circoviruses infect a variety of animal species and have small (~1.8–2.2 kb) circular single-stranded DNA genomes. Recently a penguin circovirus (PenCV) was identified associated with an Adélie Penguin ( Pygoscelis adeliae ) with feather disorder and in the cloacal swabs of three asymptomatic Adélie...