Genome Sequence of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus Identified in Earwigs (Doru luteipes) through a Metagenomic Approach

Márcio Tadeu Godinho; Débora Pires Paula; Arvind Varsani; Simone Graça Ribeiro

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00043-17

Genome Sequence of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus Identified in Earwigs (Doru luteipes) through a Metagenomic Approach

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 16;5(11):e00043-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00043-17.

Authors

Márcio Tadeu Godinho¹, Débora Pires Paula¹, Arvind Varsani^{2

3}, Simone Graça Ribeiro⁴

Affiliations

¹ Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil.
² The Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ The Biodesign Center for Functional Microbiomics, Institute and School of Life sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁴ Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil simone.ribeiro@embrapa.br.

Abstract

Here we report the first complete genome sequence of a cauliflower mosaic virus from Brazil, obtained from the gut content of the predator earwig (Doru luteipes). This virus has a genome of 8,030 nucleotides (nt) and shares 97% genome-wide identity with an isolate from Argentina.