Discovery of Mycodnaviridae, a clade of giant viruses that persistently infect zoosporic fungi
J. Myers, F. Schulz, S. Rahimlou, V. Yadav, K. Amses, D. R. Simmons, S. Sun, M. Orozco-Quime, J. Heitman, J. E. Stajich, T. James
The paper discovers a new family of giant viruses, Mycodnaviridae, that infect zoosporic fungi and persistently infect them, expanding the known host range of Nucleocytoviricota.
bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2024Microbiology