Novel RNA Virus Genome Discovered in Ghost Ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum) from Hawaii

Laura E Brettell; Gideon J Mordecai; Purnima Pachori; Stephen J Martin

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00669-17

Novel RNA Virus Genome Discovered in Ghost Ants (Tapinoma melanocephalum) from Hawaii

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 27;5(30):e00669-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00669-17.

Authors

Laura E Brettell¹, Gideon J Mordecai², Purnima Pachori³, Stephen J Martin⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom l.e.brettell@edu.salford.ac.uk.
² Viral Ecology, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
³ Earlham Institute, Norwich, United Kingdom.
⁴ School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Here, we report the full-genome sequence of Milolii virus, a novel single-stranded (positive-sense) RNA virus discovered from Tapinoma melanocephalum ants in Hawaii. The genome is 10,475 nucleotides long, encoding a polyprotein of 3,304 amino acids.