Discovery of Four Novel Circular Single-Stranded DNA Viruses in Fungus-Farming Termites.
Mason Kerr, Karyna Rosario, Christopher C M Baker, Mya Breitbart
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Mason Kerr: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Karyna Rosario: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA krosari2@mail.usf.edu. ORCID
Christopher C M Baker: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Mya Breitbart: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Here, we describe four novel circular single-stranded DNA viruses discovered in fungus-farming termites ( sp.). The viruses, named termite-associated circular virus 1 (TaCV-1) through TaCV-4, are most similar to members of the family and were widely detected in African termite mounds.
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