title: A highly divergent picornavirus in an amphibian, the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris).
abstract: Genetically highly divergent picornavirus (Newt/2013/HUN, KP770140) was detected using viral metagenomics in faecal samples of free-living smooth newts (Lissotriton vulgaris). Newt picornavirus was identified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in six (25 %) of the 24 samples originating from individuals caught in two out of the six investigated natural ponds in Hungary. The first picornavirus in amphibians expands the host range of members of the Picornaviridae, and opens a new research field in picornavirus evolution in lower vertebrates. Newt picornavirus represents a novel species in a novel genus within the family Picornaviridae, provisionally named genus Ampivirus (amphibian picornavirus).
authors.affiliation: Regional Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Laboratory of Gastroenteric Viruses, ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State Public Health Service, Pécs, Hungary.|University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.|Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.affiliation: Regional Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Laboratory of Gastroenteric Viruses, ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State Public Health Service, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ákos
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Boros
authors.affiliation: Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.affiliation: Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.|University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Tung
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gia Phan
authors.affiliation: Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA.|University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delwart
authors.affiliation: Regional Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Laboratory of Gastroenteric Viruses, ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State Public Health Service, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pankovics
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006814:Hungary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012455:Salamandridae / Q000821:virology*