title: Incidence of dsRNA mycoviruses in a collection of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates.
abstract: A collection of clinical and environmental isolates of the opportunistic human pathogen, Aspergillus fumigatus, were screened for the presence of mycoviruses and 6.6 % of 366 isolates contained dsRNA segments ranging in size from ~1.0 to 4.0 kbp. The dsRNAs were categorised into three different groups comprising bipartite dsRNAs, quadripartite dsRNAs, representative isolates of which have both been sequenced, and an uncharacterised mycovirus, whose genome apparently consists of four dsRNAs 1-2.5 kbp in size. Here, we describe dsRNA incidence in the A. fumigatus isolates examined, their provenance and also note that on occasion individual isolates were infected with two groups of different dsRNAs.
authors.affiliation: Atta-ur-Rehman School of Applied Biosciences-ASAB, National University of Sciences and Technology-NUST, Sector H-12, Kasmir Highway, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.forename: Elaine M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bignell
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Petrou
authors.forename: Robert H A
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Coutts
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000821:virology*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral