Genomic Sequence of a Ranavirus Isolated from Short-Finned Eel (Anguilla australis)

Kuttichantran Subramaniam; Anna Toffan; Elisabetta Cappellozza; Natalie K Steckler; Niels J Olesen; Ellen Ariel; Thomas B Waltzek

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00843-16

Genomic Sequence of a Ranavirus Isolated from Short-Finned Eel (Anguilla australis)

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 18;4(4):e00843-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00843-16.

Authors

Kuttichantran Subramaniam¹, Anna Toffan², Elisabetta Cappellozza², Natalie K Steckler¹, Niels J Olesen³, Ellen Ariel⁴, Thomas B Waltzek⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² National Reference Laboratory for Fish Diseases, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.
³ National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
⁴ College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA tbwaltzek@ufl.edu.

Abstract

The short-finned eel ranavirus (SERV) was isolated from short-finned eel imported to Italy from New Zealand. Phylogenomic analyses revealed that SERV is a unique member of the genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae, branching at the base of the tree near other fish ranaviruses.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.