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Heterobasidion wood decay fungi host diverse and globally distributed viruses related to Helicobasidium mompa partitivirus V70.
Virus research - 2 Jan 2015
Kashif M, Hyder R, De Vega Perez D, Hantula J, Vainio E J
Abstract excerpt
Viruses of the Partitiviridae family occur at a relatively low frequency in the fungal genus Heterobasidion, but show high genetic diversity. Here, we describe four novel partitivirus species that infect three Heterobasidion species that are pathogens of conifers: H. annosum, H. parviporum and H. irregulare. We show that these viruses, designated Heterobasidion partitivirus 12 (HetPV12), HetPV13, HetPV14 and...
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