Reprint
Mycoviruses
Edited by
June 2019
348 pages
- ISBN978-3-03897-996-8 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03897-997-5 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Mycoviruses that was published in
Biology & Life Sciences
Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary
A virus (from the Latin word ‘vīrus’ meaning ‘venom’ or ‘poison’) is a microorganism invisible to the naked eye. Viruses can multiply exclusively by entering a cell and using the cell’s resources to create copies of themselves. As the origin of their name suggests, viruses are generally considered dangerous, harmful and often deadly. Some of the most well-studied and widely known viruses, such as HIV and influenza, infect humans. However, viruses can also infect animals, plants and microorganisms, including fungi. Many fungi are medically, ecologically and economically significant, for example, causing diseases to humans, plants and insects or being used in industry to produce bread, cheese, beer and wine. Viruses that infect fungi are called mycoviruses (from the Greek work ‘myco’, meaning ‘fungus’). Mycoviruses do not cause harm to or kill the infected fungus; in contrast, they are ‘friendly’ viruses and we can utilize them to control the growth, pathogenicity and toxin production of fungi. This book describes a range of different mycoviruses and their geographical distribution, transmission and evolution, together with their effects on the fungal hosts and how these are brought about.]
Format
- Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
RNA silencing; gemycircularvirus; mycovirus; antiviral; dicer; dsRNA mycoviruses; multiplex PCR; Aspergillus fumigatus chrysovirus; Aspergillus fumigatus partitivirus-1; Aspergillus fumigatus tetramycovirus-1.; Botrytis cinerea; hypovirus; fusarivirus; hypovirulence; infection cushion; Botrytis cinerea; Botrytis cinerea mymonavirus 1; Mymonaviridae; dsRNA virus; mycovirus; capsid protein; capsid structure; virus evolution; viral lineage; ScV-L-A; PcV; PsV-F; RnQV1; chrysovirus; mycovirus; Aspergillus; A. fumigatus; A. nidulans; A. niger; A. thermomutatus; biocontrol; Saccharomyces paradoxus; Totiviridae; dsRNA virus; killer system; Trichoderma atroviride; Mycovirus; Partitivirus; Fusarium head blight; mycovirus; RNA genome; mitovirus; Tymovirales; Ethiopia; Sclerotinia minor; endornavirus; hypovirulence; transmissibility; biological control; Chalara fraxinea; Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus; ash dieback; Narnaviridae; evolution; invasive species; horizontal virus transmission; Brunchorstia pinea; conifers; mycovirus; dsRNA; ssRNA; phylogeny; evolution; mycovirus; Beauveria bassiana; partitivirus; victorivirus; polymycovirus; selection pressure; recombination; transmission; mycovirus; populations study; Cryphonectria parasitica; chestnut blight; Castanea sativa; biological control; Mycovirus; rice blast fungus; Magnaporthe oryzae. chrysovirus 1; double-stranded RNA virus; hypovirulence; Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA; mycovirus; dsRNA; Alphapartitivirus; genomic structure analysis; mycorrhizal fungi; mycovirus; mitovirus; Rhizophagus; hypovirus; small RNA; tRFs; mycovirus; fungal viruses; dsRNA mycoviruses; hypervirulence; Leptosphaeria biglobosa quadrivirus; Botrytis cinerea; hypovirulence; partitivirus; conidiogenesis; sclerogenesis; mycovirus; dsRNA; sequencing; killer toxin; totivirus; brown rot; stone fruit; Prunus; mycovirus; hypervirulence; hypovirulence; isogenic; database mining; Entomophthora; Entomophthoromycotina; fungal virus; mitochondrion; mycovirus; virus discovery; Mitovirus; Narnaviridae; n/a