title: Complete genomic sequence and taxonomic position of eel virus European X (EVEX), a rhabdovirus of European eel.
abstract: Eel virus European X (EVEX) was first isolated from diseased European eel Anguilla anguilla in Japan at the end of seventies. The virus was tentatively classified into the Rhabdoviridae family on the basis of morphology and serological cross reactivity. This family of viruses is organized into six genera and currently comprises approximately 200 members, many of which are still unassigned because of the lack of molecular data. This work presents the morphological, biochemical and genetic characterizations of EVEX, and proposes a taxonomic classification for this virus. We provide its complete genome sequence, plus a comprehensive sequence comparison between isolates from different geographical origins. The genome encodes the five classical structural proteins plus an overlapping open reading frame in the phosphoprotein gene, coding for a putative C protein. Phylogenic relationship with other rhabdoviruses indicates that EVEX is most closely related to the Vesiculovirus genus and shares the highest identity with trout rhabdovirus 903/87.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, Ecologie et Evolution des Interactions, UMR 5244, F-66860 Perpignan, France. richard.galinier@univ-perp.fr
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galinier
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Beurden
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amilhat
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castric
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schoehn
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Verneau
authors.forename: Géraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Allienne
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engelsma
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sasal
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Faliex
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020285:Cryoelectron Microscopy; D004524:Eels / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058974:Phylogeography; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D012209:Rhabdoviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014771:Virion / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral