title: Characterisation of the genomes of four putative vesiculoviruses: tench rhabdovirus, grass carp rhabdovirus, perch rhabdovirus and eel rhabdovirus European X.
abstract: The complete coding sequences were determined for four putative vesiculoviruses isolated from fish. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis based on the predicted amino acid sequences of the five main proteins assigned tench rhabdovirus and grass carp rhabdovirus together with spring viraemia of carp and pike fry rhabdovirus to a lineage that was distinct from the mammalian vesiculoviruses. Perch rhabdovirus, eel virus European X, lake trout rhabdovirus 903/87 and sea trout virus were placed in a second lineage that was also distinct from the recognised genera in the family Rhabdoviridae. Establishment of two new rhabdovirus genera, "Perhabdovirus" and "Sprivivirus", is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cefas, Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8UB, UK, david.stone@cefas.co.uk.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Rose C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Radford
authors.forename: Alistair C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Darby
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000821:virology; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000821:virology; D004524:Eels / Q000821:virology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D010471:Perches / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D018116:Vesiculovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral