Genome Sequences of Novel Torque Teno Viruses Identified in Human Brain Tissue

Simona Kraberger; Diego Mastroeni; Elaine Delvaux; Arvind Varsani

doi:10.1128/MRA.00924-20

Genome Sequences of Novel Torque Teno Viruses Identified in Human Brain Tissue

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Sep 10;9(37):e00924-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00924-20.

Authors

Simona Kraberger¹, Diego Mastroeni^{2

3}, Elaine Delvaux², Arvind Varsani^{4

3

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
² The Biodesign ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
³ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁴ The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA arvind.varsani@asu.edu.
⁵ Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁶ Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.

Abstract

Complete genome sequences of two novel torque teno viruses (TTVs) were identified in human brain tissue. These sequences are 3,245 nucleotides (nt) and 2,900 nt long and share 68% and 72% open reading frame 1 (ORF1) identity, respectively, with other human TTVs. This report extends the identification of TTV sequences in the brain.

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