Authors: Enikő Fehér Péter Pazár György Lengyel Tung Gia Phan Krisztián Bányai
Publish Date: 2014/10/16
Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 137-141
Abstract
The genomic sequence of a novel gyrovirus GyV 3 strain was detected from the fecal sample of a pet ferret The length 2359 nt and the basic genomic structure of this strain was very similar to that of the single known GyV3 reference strain whereas the genome sequence identity between the two strains was only 76 Similarly moderate sequence homology was found within the predicted protein coding regions VP1 nt 72 aa 76 VP2 nt 84 aa 85 and VP3 nt 85 aa 73 Sequence identities were lower when comparing our strain with other GyV species 48–65 genomewide nt identity Phylogenetic analysis of the coding regions clustered the ferret origin GyV3 strain within Clade A Although the available whole genomic sequence of novel GyVs permits limited conclusions to be drawn regarding the classification of the Hungarian GyV3 strain our data indicate that this novel strain may be considered as a new genotype within GyV3 Further investigations are needed to reveal the genetic diversity and biological properties of newly described members of the Gyrovirus genusThis study was supported by the Momentum Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Enikő Fehér was further supported by the European Union and the State of Hungary cofinanced by the European Social Fund in the framework of TÁMOP 424 A/211120120001 ‘National Excellence Program’
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