Humberto Debat

The paper proposes a genetic divergence threshold for demarcating orthoflavivirus species, identifying 25 new Euflavivirus and 33 new Fusivirus species.

This study uses RNA HTS to analyze the virome of Caliothrips phaseoli, identifying 18 novel viruses across multiple families.

The paper identifies a new family of plant-associated negative-sense RNA viruses using transcriptomic data and structural analysis, expanding known diversity by ~40-fold.

This study identifies a mycovirus, CnTV1, that persists in RNAi-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans isolates due to a NUMT insertion disrupting Ago1, and shows RNAi is critical for viral control.

This study identifies novel RNA viruses in the yerba mate psyllid Gyropsylla spegazziniana using RNA-HTS, revealing three new viral species and their evolutionary relationships.

The paper identifies eight novel RNA viruses in the smut fungus Thecaphora thlaspeos, revealing a complex mycovirome and intraspecific variation in virome composition.

This paper develops a cost-effective viral enrichment system for grapevine using NGS to detect and characterize viruses by depleting host transcripts.

This study identifies 47 novel nucleorhabdoviruses from metatranscriptomics data, expanding their known host range and phylogenetic diversity.

The paper uses metatranscriptomics to analyze wood samples from grapevines, identifying 123 novel virus sequences and suggesting they belong to 78 new virus species.

This study identifies novel RNA viruses in the European grapevine moth, expanding known viral diversity and host range within Lepidoptera.

This study identifies novel RNA viruses associated with the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis using high-throughput sequencing, revealing their phylogenetic relationships and potential ecological significance.

This paper presents the first draft genome of the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis using a hybrid sequencing approach, providing an open and updatable resource for pest management research.

This study analyzes the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in Northwestern Argentina during the first year of the pandemic, identifying lineage dynamics and substitution rates.

The paper identifies a Rossman fold N7-guanine cap methyltransferase in the Orf1a of Tobaniviridae, suggesting a genetic marker for this viral family.

The paper characterizes the effector protein SAP54 from a 16SrIII-J phytoplasma isolate and identifies its conservation and evolutionary patterns.

The paper generates genomes for three bioluminescent beetles to study the genetic basis of bioluminescence and finds at least two independent evolutionary origins of the trait.

The paper identifies the first endogenous ophiovirus sequence in eelgrass, expanding the known host range of ophioviruses and providing evolutionary timing insights.

The paper identifies a novel nidovirus in Aplysia californica with a 35.9 kb genome, the largest RNA virus genome reported, and shows its neurotropic tropism and presence in single neurons.