Genome Sequences of Seven Megrivirus Strains from Chickens in The Netherlands

Kirsty T T Kwok; Myrna M T de Rooij; Aniek B Messink; Inge M Wouters; Marion P G Koopmans; My V T Phan

doi:10.1128/MRA.01207-20

Genome Sequences of Seven Megrivirus Strains from Chickens in The Netherlands

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Nov 19;9(47):e01207-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01207-20.

Authors

Kirsty T T Kwok¹, Myrna M T de Rooij², Aniek B Messink², Inge M Wouters², Marion P G Koopmans³, My V T Phan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands tt.kwok@erasmusmc.nl.
² Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

We report seven chicken megrivirus genome sequences identified in chicken fecal samples from a broiler farm in The Netherlands. The sequences were determined using metagenomic sequencing and would expand our understanding of the genome diversity of megriviruses.