Identification of an avian polyomavirus associated with Adé
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TitleIdentification of an avian polyomavirus associated with Adé lie penguins (pygoscelis adeliae)AbstractLittle is known about viruses associated with Antarctic animals, although they are probably widespread. We recovered a novel polyomavirus from Adé lie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) faecal matter sampled in a subcolony at Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica. The 4988 nt Adé lie penguin polyomavirus (AdPyV) has a typical polyomavirus genome organization with three ORFs that encoded capsid proteins on the one strand and two non-structural protein-coding ORFs on the complementary strand. The genome of AdPyV shared 60% pairwise identity with all avipolyomaviruses. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis of the large T-antigen (T-Ag) amino acid sequences showed that the T-Ag of AdPyV clustered with those of avipolyomaviruses, sharing between 48 and 52% identities. Only three viruses associated with Adé lie penguins have been identified at a genomic level, avian influenza virus subtype H11N2 from the Antarctic Peninsula and, respectively, Pygoscelis adeliae papillomavirus and AdPyV from capes Crozier and Royds on Ross Island. © 2015 The Authors.
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1st AuthorVarsani, A. AuthorVarsani, A.Porzig, E.Jennings, S.Kraberger, S.Farkas, K.Julian, L.Massaro, M.Ballard, G.Ainley, D.Year2015JournalJournal of General VirologyVolume96Number4Pages851-857DOI10.1099/vir.0.000038URLhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/recor.....e02f1e678bb0cb6f467363893PublisherSociety for General MicrobiologyKeywordscapsid proteinvirus large T antigenvirus T antigen, amino acid sequenceAntarcticaArticleavian influenza virusavian influenza virus H11N2avian polyomavirusbirdfecesgenome analysisnonhumannucleotide sequencePapilloma viruspenguinphylogenetic treephylogenyPolyoma viruspriority journalPygoscelis adeliae papillomavirusvirus genomevirus identificationanimalavian influenzaclassificationgeneticsInfluenza virus Aisolation and purificationmolecular geneticsPapillomaviridaepenguinPolyomavirusvirology, AnimaliaAvesPolyomavirusPygoscelis adeliaeSpheniscidae, Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntarctic RegionsAntigens, Viral, TumorGenome, ViralInfluenza A virusInfluenza in BirdsMolecular Sequence DataPapillomaviridaePhylogenyPolyomavirusSpheniscidae
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CitationVarsani, A., Porzig, E., Jennings, S., Kraberger, S., Farkas, K., Julian, L., Massaro, M., Ballard, G. and Ainley, D. (2015). Identification of an avian polyomavirus associated with Adé lie penguins (pygoscelis adeliae). Journal of General Virology, 96(4):851-857
Ainley, D., Identification of an avian polyomavirus associated with Adé. Antarctica NZ, accessed 13/06/2025, https://adam.antarcticanz.govt.nz/nodes/view/64227, 10.1099/vir.0.000038