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Incidence of Phlebiopsis gigantea large virus-1 in a collection of Phlebiopsis gigantea isolates

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Eighty six Phlebiopsis gigantea isolates from at least 9 different tree species from various locations in 12 different European countries and North America were screened for the presence of large molecular weight dsRNA >10 kbp in size. In 7 isolates, which contained large dsRNAs, the presence of Phlebiopsis gigantea large virus-1 (PgLV-1) was suggested following the sequencing of the RT-PCR amplicons generated with PgLV-1 specific oligonucleotide primers which also revealed little genetic diversity between the virus isolates.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the assistance of James Alford, Syandra Bungsu and Joshua Wang in the early stages of this investigation. Atif Jamal thanks the Pakistan HEC for supporting his PhD studies.

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  1. Division of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK

    Jia M. Lim, Xiyu Phoon & Robert H. A. Coutts

  2. National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad, 45500, Pakistan

    Atif Jamal

  3. Vantaa Research Unit, Finnish Forest Research Institute, PO Box 18, 01301, Vantaa, Finland

    Kari Korhonen

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Lim, J.M., Jamal, A., Phoon, X. et al. Incidence of Phlebiopsis gigantea large virus-1 in a collection of Phlebiopsis gigantea isolates. Arch Virol 156, 2091–2094 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-011-1086-9

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