Discovery of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Hypovirulence-Associated Virus-1 in Urban River Sediments of Heathcote and Styx Rivers in Christchurch City, New Zealand

Simona Kraberger; Daisy Stainton; Anisha Dayaram; Peyman Zawar-Reza; Christopher Gomez; Jon S Harding; Arvind Varsani

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00559-13

Discovery of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Hypovirulence-Associated Virus-1 in Urban River Sediments of Heathcote and Styx Rivers in Christchurch City, New Zealand

Genome Announc. 2013 Aug 8;1(4):e00559-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00559-13.

Authors

Simona Kraberger¹, Daisy Stainton, Anisha Dayaram, Peyman Zawar-Reza, Christopher Gomez, Jon S Harding, Arvind Varsani

Affiliation

¹ School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Abstract

In samples of benthic and bank river sediments of two urban rivers in Christchurch city (New Zealand), we identified and recovered isolates of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum hypovirulence-associated virus-1 (SsHADV-1), a fungus-infecting circular single-stranded DNA virus. This is the first report of SsHADV-1 outside of China and in environmental samples.