Mengze Guo, Pingping Sun, Xudong Fan, Jianwei Guo, Lei Zhang, Zhengnan Li
{"title":"Complete genome sequence and genome organization of Ficus pumila-associated virus, a new putative member of the family Tymoviridae","authors":"Mengze Guo, Pingping Sun, Xudong Fan, Jianwei Guo, Lei Zhang, Zhengnan Li","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06312-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06312-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Ficus pumila</i> is an edible garden plant with significant medicinal value. In this study, we identified a novel maculavirus associated with mosaic and chlorotic spot symptoms on <i>F. pumila</i> leaves in Yunnan Province, China, and the genome sequence of the virus, which was tentatively named \"Ficus pumila-associated virus\" (FPaV), was determined. The FPaV genome consists of a single molecule of positive-sense ssRNA that is 6,664 nucleotides in length and has a high cytidine content of 40.8%. The genome exhibits a tymovirus-like organization, encoding a movement protein (MP), a replicase polyprotein, and a coat protein (CP). Phylogenetic analysis showed FPaV to be most closely related to grapevine fleck virus (GFkV), with 67.86% nucleotide sequence identity across the complete genome.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jaka Jakin Lazar, Katarina Šimunović, Iztok Dogša, Ines Mandić Mulec, Mathias Middelboe, Anna Dragoš
{"title":"Distinct effects of mucin on phage-host interactions in model systems of beneficial and pathogenic bacteria","authors":"Jaka Jakin Lazar, Katarina Šimunović, Iztok Dogša, Ines Mandić Mulec, Mathias Middelboe, Anna Dragoš","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06322-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06322-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Phage-host interactions that occur in host-associated microbiomes are influenced by a plethora of environmental factors. Mucins are glycoproteins that represent the main component of mucus, which is found in the animal digestive tract and on the surface of certain organs, serving as the first line of defense against toxins and pathogens. Previous studies have shown that lytic phages have an important influence on the microbial composition in mucosal areas. Our study expands this knowledge to interactions between previously untested lytic phages targeting probiotic and pathogenic bacteria, as well as temperate phages targeting probiotic bacteria. These interactions could be important in shaping microbial communities and affecting the well-being of their host. This study demonstrates that mucins enhance the adherence of <i>Vibrio anguillarum</i> lytic phages and <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> lytic and temperate phages, as well as <i>B. subtilis</i> and <i>V. anguillarum</i> cells, to solid surfaces. Our results also show that mucins positively affect the attachment of <i>B. subtilis</i> cells even in the presence of phages. This positive effect was not observed in the case of <i>V. anguillarum</i>. This suggests that mucin may shield certain bacteria from phage infections. We also found that mucin influenced the metabolic activity of the two tested bacterial species differently, with strong positive effects on <i>V. anguillarum</i> but not on <i>B. subtilis</i>. This work supports previous findings that phages adhere efficiently to mucus and extends these studies to include other beneficial and pathogenic bacterial species. It also reveals that mucins have different effects on phage-host interactions in different phage-host systems, which may have implications for phage therapies or probiotic treatment strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00705-025-06322-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Gorshkova, Olga Belykh, Irina Tikhonova, Li Xi, Maria Siniagina, Valentin Drucker, Sergey Potapov
{"title":"Genomic characterization of the novel bacteriophage PfAn1 from Lake Baikal, infecting Pseudomonas fluorescens","authors":"Anna Gorshkova, Olga Belykh, Irina Tikhonova, Li Xi, Maria Siniagina, Valentin Drucker, Sergey Potapov","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06315-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06315-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We isolated a novel bacteriophage from Lake Baikal that infects <i>Pseudomonas fluorescens</i>. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that phage PfAn1 has a head with a diameter of 50 nm and a short tail. Its genome is 39,156 bp in length with a GC content of 57%. It is predicted to contain 53 open reading frames (ORFs). The results of evolutionary analysis suggest that phage PfAn1 should be considered a new member of the class <i>Caudoviricetes</i>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Min Wang, Mingxiang Li, Guangwen Yan, Hao Li, Jun Zhou, Aiguo Yang
{"title":"Epidemiological investigation, isolation, and pathogenicity of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus subtype G2c in Sichuan province","authors":"Min Wang, Mingxiang Li, Guangwen Yan, Hao Li, Jun Zhou, Aiguo Yang","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06308-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06308-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Continued outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea are causing serious economic losses to the swine industry in China. To monitor the prevalence, genetic mutations, and pathogenicity of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), 172 samples were collected from eight cities in Sichuan Province from 2020 to 2022. RT-PCR analysis revealed that 25.0% (43/172) of samples were positive for PEDV. Phylogenetic analysis of 17 S gene sequences (encoding the spike protein) showed that G2c was the main genotype circulating in Sichuan. One strain, Leshan-s-2020 (G2a), was identified as a recombinant resulting from inter-lineage recombination between the KM609212/LYG/2015 (G2a) and MianYang-s-2020 (G2a) strains in the S2 domain. In addition, the G2c strain YB2201, which was highly virulent in 4-day-old piglets, was successfully isolated. The results of this study enrich our understanding of the epidemiology of PEDV, the genetic characteristics and pathogenicity of the PEDV strains circulating in China, and the role of recombination in their evolution. These findings may contribute to the development of antigen detection reagents and vaccines.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shigeru Tajima, Astri Nur Faizah, Daisuke Kobayashi, Kris Cahyo Mulyatno, Sri Subekti, Maria Inge Lusida, Yasuko Mori, Haruhiko Isawa, Kyoko Sawabe, Chang-Kweng Lim
{"title":"Evaluation of in vitro growth and pathogenicity in mice of intra-genotype chimeric strains of genotype IV Japanese encephalitis virus","authors":"Shigeru Tajima, Astri Nur Faizah, Daisuke Kobayashi, Kris Cahyo Mulyatno, Sri Subekti, Maria Inge Lusida, Yasuko Mori, Haruhiko Isawa, Kyoko Sawabe, Chang-Kweng Lim","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06317-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06317-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two recombinant intra-genotype chimeric genotype IV Japanese encephalitis virus (GIV JEV) strains with the 5’ non-coding and C-prM-E regions (5NCME) of the Vietnamese strain VN113 or the Australian strain sw-22-00722-11.Qld (sw-22) were produced using the Indonesian strain 19CxBa-83-Cv as a backbone. The three strains exhibited similar plaque morphology and growth rate in Vero cells. The virus with sw-22 5NCME was less neuroinvasive than 19CxBa-83-Cv, but the virulence of the virus with VN113 5NCME was similar to that of 19CxBa-83-Cv. Thus, our results suggest that the pathogenicity of sw-22 might be lower than that of the other two GIV JEV isolates. </p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complete genome sequence and characterisation of a novel flexivirus infecting the necrotrophic conifer pathogen Diplodia sapinea","authors":"Suvi Sutela, Miloš Trifković, Eeva Terhonen","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06313-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06313-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using total RNA sequencing, we detected a novel RNA virus infecting a Finnish isolate of the fungal conifer pathogen <i>Diplodia sapinea</i>, and its genome sequence was verified by Sanger sequencing. This virus, which we have named \"Diplodia sapinea flexi-like virus 1\" (DsFLV1), has a 7,494-nucleotide-long positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome, excluding the poly(A) tail. The largest open reading frame (ORF1) encodes a replication-associated polyprotein (RP) that contains conserved domains characteristic of members of the order <i>Tymovirales</i>, including viral methyltransferase (Mtr), viral helicase (Hel), and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) domains. Four smaller ORFs were also identified. ORF2 potentially encodes a capsid protein, while the other three ORFs, initiated by alternative start codons, encode putative proteins with unknown functions. Phylogenetic analysis placed DsFLV1 in a distinct clade within the family <i>Deltaflexiviridae</i>, close to Erysiphe necator-associated flexivirus 2. This is the first report of a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus infecting <i>D. sapinea</i>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00705-025-06313-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wendy Dayang Rollon, Tay Darren Dean, Sharifah Ishaziah Mohd Idris, Nurzafirah Mazlan, Afif Pranaya Jati, Tze Young Thung
{"title":"Characterization of a virulent phage, P12L (genus Drulisvirus), targeting Klebsiella pneumoniae capsule type K2","authors":"Wendy Dayang Rollon, Tay Darren Dean, Sharifah Ishaziah Mohd Idris, Nurzafirah Mazlan, Afif Pranaya Jati, Tze Young Thung","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06320-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06320-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A virulent bacteriophage, P12L, infecting hypermucoviscous <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> of capsule-type K2 was characterized. The phage was found to have podovirus-like morphology, with an icosahedral head and a short tail. It exhibited efficient adsorption with a burst size of 183 PFU/cell. The viral genome is a linear dsDNA molecule that is 42,343 bp in length and contains 62 putative open reading frames (ORFs). It lacks genes associated with drug resistance or virulence factors and encodes two predicted domains associated with depolymerase activity. Because depolymerase can degrade polysaccharide capsules and promote efficient phage-host interactions, phage P12L shows potential as a biocontrol agent.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Molecular characterization of a novel mitovirus from the edible fungus Pleurotus pulmonarius","authors":"Zhe Wang, Junbo Xiao, Hanzhao Liu, Ziru Zheng, Yifei Zhang, Yingying Liu, Pengfei Li","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06310-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06310-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we identified a novel mitovirus, designated as \"Pleurotus pulmonarius duamitovirus 1\" (PpDMV1), from the edible fungus <i>Pleurotus pulmonarius</i>. Genome sequencing revealed a 2,622-nucleotide (nt) genome containing a single 2,001-nt open reading frame (ORF) encoding an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Full-length genome sequence comparisons using BLASTx demonstrated the closest sequence similarity (56.68% identity) to Erysiphe necator associated mitovirus 15 (EnMV15). Phylogenetic analysis positioned PpDMV1 within the genus <i>Duamitovirus</i> (family <i>Mitoviridae</i>). To our knowledge, this is the first report of a mitovirus infection in <i>P. pulmonarius</i>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification of pattern recognition receptors participating in the innate immune response to Tembusu virus","authors":"Jingjing Huang, Xiaoyang Hu, Duo Peng, Qiong Li, Yinuo Song, Dabing Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06307-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06307-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) participating in the innate immune response to Tembusu virus (TMUV) were investigated using duck embryo fibroblasts (DEFs). TMUV infection induced significant upregulation of RIG-I and MDA5 and strong IFN-α, IFN-β, IL-6, and Mx responses. Overexpression of RIG-I or MDA5 resulted in increased IFN-α, IFN-β, IL-6, and Mx expression and decreased TMUV replication. Conversely, knockdown of RIG-I or MDA5 resulted in decreased IFN-α, IFN-β, IL-6, and Mx expression and increased TMUV replication. These findings demonstrate that RIG-I and MDA5 are essential sensors in the innate immune defense against TMUV, orchestrating cytokine production and restricting viral replication.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of grapevine geminivirus a isolate QN with upward leaf curling, necrosis, chlorosis, and malformation symptoms in two grapevine cultivars","authors":"Can Liu, Jinying Wang, Shangzhen Yu, Yinshuai Xie, Hanwei Li, Chenlu Feng, Mengqi Ma, Yixuan Wang, Yuqin Cheng","doi":"10.1007/s00705-025-06318-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00705-025-06318-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Grapevine geminivirus A (GGVA) is a recently identified DNA virus that infects grapevine, but its pathogenicity is not well studied. Previously, we investigated the pathogenicity of the new GGVA isolate QN (GGVA<sup>QN</sup>) on grapevine ‘Red Globe’ plants. In this study, grapevine ‘Red Globe’ and ‘Summer Black’ plants were inoculated with GGVA<sup>QN</sup> and grown without artificial control of temperature and light, and all of them exhibited upward leaf curling. This symptom was also found in field-grown grapevine ‘Shine Muscat’ plants infected with multiple grapevine viruses, including GGVA (isolate SM) (2,905 nt, sharing 97.69% genome sequence identity with GGVA<sup>QN</sup>), and in the upper developed leaves of previously GGVA<sup>QN</sup>-inoculated ‘Red Globe’ plants one week after they were moved from artificial to natural lighting. The upward leaf curling symptom was similar to that observed previously in <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> plants inoculated with GGVA<sup>QN</sup>, in field-grown grapevine ‘Queen Nina’ plants, and in <i>in vitro</i>-grown grapevine ‘Marselan’ plantlets, from which GGVA<sup>QN</sup> and GGVA<sup>ML</sup> isolates with identical genome sequences were obtained. In addition to upward leaf curling, malformation, chlorosis, and necrosis symptoms were also observed on all GGVA<sup>QN</sup>-inoculated ‘Red Globe’ and ‘Summer Black’ plants. The findings presented here suggest that GGVA<sup>QN</sup> is closely associated with severe foliar symptoms in grapevine ‘Red Globe’ and ‘Summer Black’ cultivars and emphasize the need to control the virus.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8359,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Virology","volume":"170 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144073646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}