The virome of the kitome: small circular virus-like genomes in laboratory reagents

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Apr 9;13(5):e0126123. doi: 10.1128/mra.01261-23. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

In the course of studying the virome of protozoan parasites, we identified small circular genomes resembling viruses, which turned out to be contaminants from an RNA purification kit. We report their sequences here so others can detect possible contamination in their samples by aligning them to these targets.

Keywords: contamination; genome; kitome; virome; virus.