Genomic characterization of two ranavirus isolates identified from a gopher frog (Lithobates capito) and a striped newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus) during a mass mortality event in Florida

Arik Hartmann; Kuttichantran Subramaniam; Cody Conrad; Pedro H O Viadanna; Thomas B Waltzek; Ana V Longo

doi:10.1128/mra.00017-24

Genomic characterization of two ranavirus isolates identified from a gopher frog (Lithobates capito) and a striped newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus) during a mass mortality event in Florida

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jun 11;13(6):e0001724. doi: 10.1128/mra.00017-24. Epub 2024 Apr 23.

Authors

Arik Hartmann¹, Kuttichantran Subramaniam^{2

3}, Cody Conrad^{2

3

4}, Pedro H O Viadanna^{2

3

5}, Thomas B Waltzek^{2

3

6}, Ana V Longo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁵ School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.
⁶ Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.

Abstract

Two ranavirus isolates were recovered from anuran and salamander samples collected during an amphibian mass mortality event in North-Central Florida in 2021. Phylogenetic analyses of the full genomes confirmed that the two isolates were nearly identical and strains of the species Frog virus 3.

Keywords: Iridoviridae; frog virus 3; frogs; genome; salamanders.

Grants and funding

UF | Biodiversity Institute, University of Florida (UFBI)