Penguin megrivirus, a novel picornavirus from an Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Yinda, C.K.; Esefeld, J.; Peter, H.U.; Matthijnssens, J.; Zell, R. (2019). Penguin megrivirus, a novel picornavirus from an Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). Archives of Virology 164(11): 2887-2890. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-019-04404-9
In: Archives of Virology. SPRINGER WIEN: Wien. ISSN 0304-8608; e-ISSN 1432-8798, more
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- Yinda, C.K.
- Esefeld, J.
- Peter, H.U.
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- Matthijnssens, J., more
- Zell, R.
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| Abstract |
The complete genome sequence of a novel megrivirus of the family Picornaviridae was determined from nucleic acid extracted from a pool of six faecal specimens of Adélie penguins. The samples were collected near Bellingshausen Station, King George Island of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Penguin megrivirus is the first megrivirus with a predicted L protein. It has an L-3-5-4 genome layout, a type IV IRES, and a long 3’ untranslated region of 668 nt. |
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