Novel Partitivirus Infection of Bat White-nose Syndrome (WNS) Fungal Pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans Links Eurasian and North American Isolates
Ping Ren, Sunanda S. Rajkumar, Haixin Sui, Paul S. Masters, Natalia Martinkova, Alena Kubátová, Jiri Pikula, Sudha Chaturvedi, Vishnu Chaturvedi
The paper identifies a novel partitivirus, PdPV-1, infecting Pseudogymnoascus destructans, linking Eurasian and North American isolates through its presence in US isolates and some Eurasian ones.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2016 · PreprintMicrobiology