A needle in a haystack: tracing bivalve-associated viruses in high-throughput transcriptomic data

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Umberto Rosani, Maxwell Shapiro, Paola Venier, ALLAM, BASSEM
• Other Authors: Rosani, Umberto, Maxwell, Shapiro, Venier, Paola, Allam, Bassem
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI (Switzerland) 2019
• Subjects: OsHV-1; Crassostrea gigas; omics; Haystack
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3290108; https://doi.org/10.3390/v11030205; https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/3/205

Bivalve mollusks thrive in environments rich in microorganisms, such as estuarine and coastal waters, and they tend to accumulate various particles, including viruses. However, the current knowledge on mollusk viruses is mainly centered on few pathogenic viruses, whereas a general view of bivalve-as...