Fungal viruses unveiled : a comprehensive review of my coviruses

dc.contributor.authorHough, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorSteenkamp, Emma Theodora
dc.contributor.authorWingfield, Brenda D.
dc.contributor.authorRead, David Alan
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-17T13:27:44Z
dc.date.available2023-10-17T13:27:44Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY: No new data was created or analyzed in this study. Data sharing is not applicable to this article.en_US
dc.description.abstractMycoviruses (viruses of fungi) are ubiquitous throughout the fungal kingdom and are currently classified into 23 viral families and the genus botybirnavirus by the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). The primary focus of mycoviral research has been on mycoviruses that infect plant pathogenic fungi, due to the ability of some to reduce the virulence of their host and thus act as potential biocontrol against these fungi. However, mycoviruses lack extracellular transmission mechanisms and rely on intercellular transmission through the hyphal anastomosis, which impedes successful transmission between different fungal strains. This review provides a comprehensive overview of mycoviruses, including their origins, host range, taxonomic classification into families, effects on their fungal counterparts, and the techniques employed in their discovery. The application of mycoviruses as biocontrol agents of plant pathogenic fungi is also discussed.en_US
dc.description.departmentBiochemistryen_US
dc.description.departmentForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)en_US
dc.description.departmentGeneticsen_US
dc.description.departmentMicrobiology and Plant Pathologyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation of South Africaen_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/virusesen_US
dc.identifier.citationHough, B.; Steenkamp, E.; Wingfield, B.; Read, D. Fungal Viruses Unveiled: A Comprehensive Review of Mycoviruses. Viruses 2023, 15, 1202. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15051202.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/v15051202
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/92938
dc.language.isofren_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectMycovirusesen_US
dc.subjectHypovirulenceen_US
dc.subjectHypervirulenceen_US
dc.subjectBiocontrolen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_US
dc.subjectTransmissionen_US
dc.subjectSDG-03: Good health and well-beingen_US
dc.titleFungal viruses unveiled : a comprehensive review of my covirusesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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