{"id":79034,"date":"2023-10-30T21:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/?p=79034"},"modified":"2024-12-05T11:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:54:28","slug":"new-paper-a-new-member-of-the-nudiviridae-from-the-florida-stone-crab-menippe-mercenaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tees.ac.uk\/environment\/2023\/10\/30\/new-paper-a-new-member-of-the-nudiviridae-from-the-florida-stone-crab-menippe-mercenaria\/","title":{"rendered":"New paper: A new member of the Nudiviridae from the Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"section-title u-h4 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">Highlights<\/h2>\n<div id=\"abssec0015\">\n<ul class=\"list\">\n<li class=\"react-xocs-list-item\">\n<p id=\"p0010\">Nudiviruses are present in a range of fished crustaceans, including <em>Menippe mercenaria<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"react-xocs-list-item\">\n<p id=\"p0010\">This novel nudivirus expands the\u00a0<em>Nudiviridae<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Gammanudivirus<\/em>\u00a0genus.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"react-xocs-list-item\">Pathologically, the virus causes hepatopancreatic damage and may affect the fishery.<\/li>\n<li class=\"react-xocs-list-item\">Similar gene synteny appears to be maintained in gammanudiviruses from geographically related hosts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"section-title u-h4 u-margin-l-top u-margin-xs-bottom\">Abstract<\/h2>\n<div id=\"abssec0010\">\n<p id=\"abspara0010\"><em>Menippe\u00a0<\/em><em><a class=\"topic-link\" title=\"Learn more about mercenaria from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/immunology-and-microbiology\/mercenaria\">mercenaria<\/a><\/em>, the Florida stone crab, supports an unconventional fishery across the southern\u00a0<span id=\"gs1\">USA<\/span>\u00a0and Caribbean that involves claw-removal and the return of de-clawed animals to the sea. We provide pathological, ultrastructural, and genomic detail for a novel hepatopancreatic, nucleus-specific\u00a0<a class=\"topic-link\" title=\"Learn more about virus from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/immunology-and-microbiology\/virus\">virus<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Menippe mercenaria nudivirus (MmNV) &#8211; isolated from\u00a0<em>M. mercenaria<\/em>, captured during fisheries-independent monitoring.<\/p>\n<p id=\"abspara0015\">The virus has a genome of 99,336 bp and encodes 84 predicted protein coding genes and shows greatest similarity to Aratus pisonii nudivirus (ApNV) (&lt;60% protein similarity and 31 shared genes of greatest similarity), collected from the Florida Keys, USA. MmNV is a member of the\u00a0<em>Gammanudivirus<\/em>\u00a0genus (<em>Naldaviricetes<\/em>:\u00a0<em>Lefavirales<\/em>:\u00a0<em>Nudiviridae<\/em>). Comparisons of virus\u00a0<a class=\"topic-link\" title=\"Learn more about genome size from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/immunology-and-microbiology\/genome-size\">genome size<\/a>, preferred host environment, and gene number revealed no clear associations between the viral traits and\u00a0<a class=\"topic-link\" title=\"Learn more about phylogenetic from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/immunology-and-microbiology\/phylogeny\">phylogenetic<\/a>\u00a0position. Evolution of the virus alongside the diversification of host taxa, with the potential for host-switching, remain more likely evolutionary pathways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights Nudiviruses are present in a range of fished crustaceans, including Menippe mercenaria. This novel nudivirus expands the\u00a0Nudiviridae\u00a0and\u00a0Gammanudivirus\u00a0genus. Pathologically, the virus causes hepatopancreatic damage and may affect the fishery. 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