Squashed ball-like dsDNA virus infecting a marine fungoid protist Sicyoidochytrium minutum (Thraustochytriaceae, Labyrinthulomycetes)
2007; Inter-Research Science Center; Volume: 49; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3354/ame01141
ISSN1616-1564
AutoresYoshitake Takao, K Nagasaki, Daiske Honda,
Tópico(s)Plant Virus Research Studies
ResumoAME Aquatic Microbial Ecology Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials AME 49:101-108 (2007) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01141 Squashed ball-like dsDNA virus infecting a marine fungoid protist Sicyoidochytrium minutum (Thraustochytriaceae, Labyrinthulomycetes) Yoshitake Takao1, Keizo Nagasaki1, Daiske Honda2,* 1National Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-17-5 Maruishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0452, Japan 2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada, Kobe 658-8501, Japan *Corresponding author. Email: dhonda@konan-u.ac.jp ABSTRACT: Thraustochytrids are cosmopolitan osmotrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms that play important roles as decomposers, producers of polyunsaturated fatty acids, and pathogens of mollusks, especially in coastal ecosystems. Sicyoidochytrium minutum DNA virus (SmDNAV), a novel double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) virus infecting a marine eukaryotic decomposer, S. minutum (formerly Ulkenia minuta), was isolated from the estuary of the Shukugawa River, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in July 2003, and its basic characteristics were examined. The morphology of the virus particles is 'squashed ball-like' (ca. 146 and 112 nm in length and width, respectively) and lacking a tail, distinctive from any other previously known viruses. Virions are formed in the cytoplasm of host cells, frequently accompanied by the disappearance of the nucleus. The lytic cycle and the burst size were estimated at <8 h and 3.6 × 102 to 1.1 × 103 infectious units per host cell, respectively. SmDNAV harbored a single molecule of dsDNA approximately 200 kbp in length. This is the first report of a marine fungoid protist-infecting DNA virus that has been isolated and characterized. KEY WORDS: Thraustochytrids · Eukaryotic decomposer · Marine dsDNA virus · SmDNAV · SssRNAV · Sicyoidochytrium minutum Full text in pdf format NextCite this article as: Takao Y, Nagasaki K, Honda D (2007) Squashed ball-like dsDNA virus infecting a marine fungoid protist Sicyoidochytrium minutum (Thraustochytriaceae, Labyrinthulomycetes). Aquat Microb Ecol 49:101-108. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01141 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in AME Vol. 49, No. 2. Online publication date: November 15, 2007 Print ISSN: 0948-3055; Online ISSN: 1616-1564 Copyright © 2007 Inter-Research.
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