Characterisation of the genomes of four putative vesiculoviruses: tench rhabdovirus, grass carp rhabdovirus, perch rhabdovirus and eel rhabdovirus European X

• Published in: Archives of virology Vol. 158; no. 11; pp. 2371 - 2377
• Main Authors: Stone, David M, Kerr, Rose C, Hughes, Margaret, Radford, Alan D, Darby, Alistair C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer-Verlag 01-11-2013; Springer Vienna; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: amino acid sequences; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brief Report; Carp; Carps - virology; Cyprinidae - virology; Eels - virology; Fish Diseases - virology; Fishes - classification; Fishes - virology; Freshwater; genome; Genome, Viral; Genomes; Grass carp rhabdovirus; Infectious Diseases; mammals; Medical Microbiology; Morphology; Perches - virology; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Pike fry rhabdovirus; proteins; Rhabdoviridae; Rhabdoviridae Infections - veterinary; Rhabdoviridae Infections - virology; Rhabdovirus; RNA, Viral - genetics; sequence alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Serology; Vesiculovirus - classification; Vesiculovirus - genetics; Vesiculovirus - isolation & purification; Virology; Viruses; United Kingdom > UK; Europe; Ukraine; Lake Trout; Bighead Carp; Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus; Intergenic Region; Amino Acid Sequence Identity
• ISSN: 0304-8608; 1432-8798
• DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1711-x

The complete coding sequences were determined for four putative vesiculoviruses isolated from fish. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis based on the predicted amino acid sequences of the five main proteins assigned tench rhabdovirus and grass carp rhabdovirus together with spring viraemia of carp and pike fry rhabdovirus to a lineage that was distinct from the mammalian vesiculoviruses. Perch rhabdovirus, eel virus European X, lake trout rhabdovirus 903/87 and sea trout virus were placed in a second lineage that was also distinct from the recognised genera in the family Rhabdoviridae. Establishment of two new rhabdovirus genera, “Perhabdovirus” and “Sprivivirus”, is discussed.