Draft Genome Sequence of an Adomavirus Associated with Raised Mucoid Skin Lesions on Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Luke R Iwanowicz; Kelsey T Young; Cynthia R Adams; Vicki S Blazer; Geoffrey D Smith; R Scott Cornman

doi:10.1128/MRA.01479-19

Draft Genome Sequence of an Adomavirus Associated with Raised Mucoid Skin Lesions on Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Apr 2;9(14):e01479-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01479-19.

Authors

Luke R Iwanowicz¹, Kelsey T Young², Cynthia R Adams³, Vicki S Blazer³, Geoffrey D Smith⁴, R Scott Cornman⁵

Affiliations

¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, USA liwanowicz@usgs.gov.
² Pennsylvania Sea Grant College Program, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, USA.
⁴ Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, Division of Fisheries Management, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Abstract

Raised mucoid skin lesions have been observed on smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) for years. Here, we report the draft genome of a novel adomavirus (Micropterus dolomieu adomavirus 2) associated with this disease. The circular genome is 17,561 bp and most similar to that of alpha-adomaviruses.