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Georgia M. Ward

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture ScienceORCID 0000-0002-9654-1228Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Anna M. Tidy· 2 shared Chantelle HooperiD· 2 shared David BassiD· 2 shared Jasmine E. Hunt· 2 shared Kelly S. BatemaniD· 2 shared Matthew J. Green· 2 shared Ron Jessop· 2 shared Stuart H. RossiD· 2 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 2/yr

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Genomic and morphological characterisation of a novel iridovirus, bivalve iridovirus 1 (BiIV1), infecting the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule)

Chantelle Hooper, Anna M. Tidy, Ron Jessop, Kelly S. Bateman, Matthew J. Green, Stuart H. Ross, Georgia M. Ward, Richard Hazelgrove, Jasmine E. Hunt, Megan Parker, David Bass

The paper characterizes a novel iridovirus, BiIV1, associated with cockle mortality, finding it prevalent in moribund cockles and sharing genomic features with other invertebrate iridoviruses.

bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Characterisation of Marteilia cocosarum in the Wash Estuary, UK, linked to mass mortalities of cockles (Cerastoderma edule), and its relationship to closely related species

Anna M. Tidy, Ron Jessop, Georgia M. Ward, Matthew J. Green, Kelly S. Bateman, David Bass, Jasmine E. Hunt, Stuart H. Ross, Chantelle Hooper

The paper investigates Marteilia cocosarum infection in cockles in The Wash Estuary, UK, linking it to mass mortalities and identifying genetic differences from a Welsh genotype.

bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology