Identification of several clades of novel single-stranded circular DNA viruses with conserved stem-loop structures in pig feces

Arch Virol. 2015 Jan;160(1):353-8. doi: 10.1007/s00705-014-2234-9. Epub 2014 Sep 24.

Abstract

Metagenomic analysis of fecal samples collected from diarrheal swine detected sequences encoding a replication initiator protein (Rep). The genomes of ten novel single-stranded DNA viruses were determined, and they exhibited a similar genome organization. The two putative open reading frames (ORFs) encoding Rep and the capsid protein are bidirectionally transcribed and separated by two intergenic regions. Stem-loop structure(s) typical of genomes that undergo the rolling-circle DNA replication mechanism were observed. Phylogenetically, these ten genomes are in a monophyletic clade with the previously described porcine stool-associated virus (PoSCV) but are divergent enough to be further classified into to six distinct virus clades.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Conserved Sequence
  • DNA Viruses / classification
  • DNA Viruses / genetics*
  • DNA Viruses / isolation & purification*
  • DNA, Single-Stranded / genetics
  • DNA, Viral / classification*
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • DNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
  • Diarrhea / veterinary*
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Feces / virology*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Viral / physiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeography
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases / virology*
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • DNA, Single-Stranded
  • DNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins