Genomic Sequencing of Ranavirus Isolates from a Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and a Red-Legged Frog (Rana aurora)

Cody R K Conrad; Kuttichantran Subramaniam; V Gregory Chinchar; Thomas B Waltzek

doi:10.1128/MRA.00902-21

Genomic Sequencing of Ranavirus Isolates from a Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and a Red-Legged Frog (Rana aurora)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Nov 18;10(46):e0090221. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00902-21. Epub 2021 Nov 18.

Authors

Cody R K Conrad¹, Kuttichantran Subramaniam¹, V Gregory Chinchar², Thomas B Waltzek¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

Abstract

Two ranavirus isolates were recovered during a wildlife disease investigation in California in 1996. Preliminary testing at the time of sample collection indicated that the two isolates were identical. Phylogenetic analysis of the full genomes of these two isolates revealed that they are a single strain of frog virus 3.