M. Turina

Monitoring the directed evolution to a tripartite genome from a bipartite torradovirus genome

The paper describes the directed evolution of a tripartite genome in a plant virus from a bipartite genome through homologous recombination and genomic rearrangements.

A collection of Trichoderma isolates from natural environments in Sardinia, a biodiversity hotspot, reveals a complex virome that includes negative-stranded mycoviruses with unprecedented genome organizations

The paper characterizes the virome of 113 Trichoderma isolates from Sardinia, identifying 17 viral RdRPs, including 15 new virus species, eight of which are negative-stranded RNA viruses previously unreported in Trichoderma.

Extant hybrids of RNA viruses and viroid-like elements

The paper identifies ambiviruses as viroid-like elements with rolling circle replication and their own viral RdRP, suggesting a hybrid evolutionary origin between RNA viruses and sub-viral elements.

Sorting motifs target the movement protein of ourmia melon virus to the trans-Golgi network and plasmodesmata

This study identifies sorting motifs in the movement protein of OuMV that are critical for targeting it to the trans-Golgi network and plasmodesmata, enabling cell-to-cell movement.

A complex virome that includes two distinct emaraviruses is associated to virus-like symptoms in Camellia japonica

The paper identifies two new emaraviruses and five new betaflexiviruses in symptomatic Camellia japonica plants using NGS, linking them to virus-like symptoms.