Characterization of a Complete Genome Sequence of Molluscum Contagiosum Virus from an Adult Woman in Australia

Subir Sarker; Sally R Isberg; Ajani Athukorala; Ravi Mathew; Nolasco Capati; Md. Hakimul Haque; Karla J Helbig

doi:10.1128/MRA.00939-20

Characterization of a Complete Genome Sequence of Molluscum Contagiosum Virus from an Adult Woman in Australia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 7;10(1):e00939-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00939-20.

Authors

Subir Sarker¹, Sally R Isberg², Ajani Athukorala³, Ravi Mathew⁴, Nolasco Capati⁵, Md. Hakimul Haque⁶, Karla J Helbig³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia s.sarker@latrobe.edu.au.
² Centre for Crocodile Research, Noonamah, NT, Australia.
³ Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Oz Pathology, Millner, NT, Australia.
⁵ Top End Skin Cancer Care, Casuarina, NT, Australia.
⁶ Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Abstract

The complete genome sequence of molluscum contagiosum virus 1 (MOCV1) isolate NT2017 was sequenced from a tissue sample from an Australian woman. The genome consisted of 185,655 bp encoding 169 predicted open reading frames. Phylogenetically, isolate NT2017 was most closely related to an MOCV1 strain from Slovenia.