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An airborne microflora isolate, Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis RCEF7483, was found to harbor seven dsRNA elements, indicating co-infection with a novel chrysovirus and a known partitivirus. Sequence analysis and RT-PCR confirmed dsRNA5–7 as components of Aspergillus ochraceous virus (AOV), a member of the Partitiviridae family. In light of its distinct host, we have designated it Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis partitivirus 1 (AoPV1). The dsRNA segments, named dsRNA1–4, with lengths of 3706 bp, 3410 bp, 3190 bp, and 3158 bp, respectively, constitute the genome of a novel chrysovirus designated Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis chrysovirus 1 (AoCV1). The dsRNA1–4 segments contain five open-reading frames (ORF1–5). Specifically, ORF1 encodes a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) with a length of 1112 amino acids, and ORF2 encodes a putative coat protein (CP) spanning 976 amino acids. Additionally, ORF3–5 encode hypothetical proteins (HP1, HP2, and HP3) with lengths of 108, 843, and 914 amino acids, respectively. Comparative analysis revealed the highest similarity of dsRNA1–4 with corresponding proteins in Aspergillus terreus chrysovirus 1 (AtCV1) (RdRp, 66.58%; CP, 51.02%; HP2, 61.80%; and HP3, 41.30%). Due to falling below the threshold for a new species in the Chrysoviridae, we propose that dsRNA1–4 in A. ochraceopetaliformis strain RCEF7483 constitute the novel chrysovirus AoCV1. Moreover, phylogenetic analysis using RdRp amino acid sequences placed AoCV1 within the Alphachrysovirus genus of the Chrysoviridae family, clustering with AtCV1 and other alphachrysoviruses. Our study contributes to the understanding of mycoviruses in A. ochraceopetaliformis and expands our knowledge of the diversity and evolution of chrysoviruses in fungal hosts.
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Wang, P., Lu, H., Sun, J. et al. Co-infection of Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis strain RCEF7483 by a novel chrysovirus and a known partitivirus. Arch Microbiol 206, 114 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-024-03848-1
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