title: Identification and sequence determination of a novel double-stranded RNA mycovirus from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.
abstract: An isolate of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana was found to contain five double-stranded (ds) RNA elements ranging from 1.5 to more than 3 kbp. The complete sequence of the largest dsRNA element is described here. Analysis of the RdRp nucleotide sequence reveals its similarity to unclassified dsRNA elements, such as Alternaria longipes dsRNA virus 1, and its distant relationship to the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of members of the family Partitiviridae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, i.kotta-loizou13@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ioly
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kotta-Loizou
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sipkova
authors.forename: Robert H A
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Coutts
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D052982:Beauveria / Q000821:virology*; D043344:Chordata; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014780:Viruses
chemical_list: D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral