Open AccessGenome Sequences of Two Marsupial Simplex Viruses, Macropodid Alphaherpesviruses 2 and 4
Author(s) -
Paola K. Vaz,
Timothy J. Mahony,
Carol A. Hartley,
Julian Motha,
Joanne M. Devlin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.01189-20
Subject(s) - orfs , biology , genome , genetics , marsupial , whole genome sequencing , open reading frame , evolutionary biology , computational biology , virology , gene , zoology , peptide sequence
We present the genome sequences of macropodid alphaherpesviruses 2 and 4, two closely related pathogens of macropods. Both encoded 68 nonredundant open reading frames (ORFs) and share 90.6% genome-wide nucleotide identity. These viruses are associated with fatal outbreaks of disease in multiple marsupial species. These sequences will be important for the development of new diagnostic tools.