Publications

Relatedness of Gardnerella prophages and their endolysins

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 Sep 29:2026.09.28.754664. doi: 10.64898/2026.09.28.754664.ABSTRACTThe Gardnerella genus includes a complex sub-taxonomy of bacterial species and subgroups which have been implicated in bacterial vaginosis. We analyzed G. leopoldii, G. swidsinski, G. piotii , and G. vaginalis genomes available in public databases and predicted proviral sequences using Cenote-Taker3. We clustered 266 prophage sequences into 140 … Read more

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Bacilladnaviridae 2026

J Gen Virol. 2026 Sep;107(9). doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.002321. ABSTRACT Bacilladnaviridae is a family of viruses with single-stranded, circular DNA genomes that range from 3.4 to 6 kb and contain a short double-stranded region of 0.5-1 kb. The genome is replicated by the rolling-circle mechanism. Bacilladnavirids encode a jelly-roll capsid protein which forms non-enveloped icosahedral capsids with … Read more

New Parvovirus and Other Swab-Associated Viruses Identified in the Eurasian Goshawk (Astur gentilis)

Pathogens. 2026 Sep 5;15(9):942. doi: 10.3390/pathogens15090942. ABSTRACT Cloacal swabs were collected from 12 Eurasian goshawk chicks during routine veterinary inspections to evaluate the gut-associated virome of goshawks used for falconry. The material was used for metagenomic screening with high-throughput sequencing. Sequences belonging to several viral families (Poxviridae, Circoviridae, Anelloviridae, Retroviridae, Parvoviridae and Astroviridae) were detected … Read more

Identification of aviadenovirus and dependoparvovirus in an Adélie penguin fecal sample from Cape Royds (Ross Island, Antarctica)

Arch Virol. 2026 Sep 4;171(10):268. doi: 10.1007/s00705-026-06726-x. ABSTRACT Adenoviruses (Adenoviridae) and their associated replication-deficient dependoparvoviruses (Parvoviridae) are recognized as significant components of the avian virome. While well-studied in domestic birds, these viruses remain underexplored in wild Antarctic birds. Information is limited on viruses circulating in penguins, particularly outside of the Antarctic Peninsula Region. Here we … Read more

A novel divergent geminivirus identified in asymptomatic New World Cactaceae plants

A novel divergent geminivirus identified in asymptomatic New World Cactaceae plants Fontenele, R. S., Salywon, A. M., Majure, L. C., Cobb, I. N., Bhaskara, A., Avalos-Calleros, J. A., Argüello-Astorga, G. R., Schmidlin, K., Khalifeh, A., Smith, K., Schreck, J., Lund, M. C., Köhler, M., Wojciechowski, M. F., Hodgson, W. C., Puente-Martinez, R., van Doorslaer, K., … Read more

Coinfections of novel polyomavirus, anelloviruses and a recombinant strain of myxoma virus-MYXV-tol identified in Iberian hares

Coinfections of novel polyomavirus, anelloviruses and a recombinant strain of myxoma virus-MYXV-tol identified in Iberian hares Ägueda-Pinto, A., Kraberger, S., Lund, M. C., Gortázar, C., McFadden, G., Varsani, A. & Esteves, P. J., Jan 1 2020, In : Viruses. 12, 3, 340. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Viruses representing two new genomovirus species identified in citrus from Tunisia

Viruses representing two new genomovirus species identified in citrus from Tunisia Chabi-Jesus, C., Najar, A., Fontenele, R. S., Kumari, S. G., Ramos-González, P. L., Freitas-Astúa, J., Kraberger, S. & Varsani, A., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Archives of virology. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World

Global Organization and Proposed Megataxonomy of the Virus World Koonin, E. V., Dolja, V. V., Krupovic, M., Varsani, A., Wolf, Y. I., Yutin, N., Zerbini, F. M. & Kuhn, J. H., May 20 2020, In : Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR. 84, 2 Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Immune protection is dependent on the gut microbiome in a lethal mouse gammaherpesviral infection

Immune protection is dependent on the gut microbiome in a lethal mouse gammaherpesviral infection Yaron, J. R., Ambadapadi, S., Zhang, L., Chavan, R. N., Tibbetts, S. A., Keinan, S., Varsani, A., Maldonado, J., Kraberger, S., Tafoya, A. M., Bullard, W. L., Kilbourne, J., Stern-Harbutte, A., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., Munk, B. H., Koppang, E. O., Lim, E. … Read more

Identification of the wild and cultivated hosts of wheat dwarf virus and oat dwarf virus in Iran

Identification of the wild and cultivated hosts of wheat dwarf virus and oat dwarf virus in Iran Pouramini, N., Heydarnejad, J., Massumi, H. & Varsani, A., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : VirusDisease. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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