Incidence of putative RNA mycoviruses in entomopathogenic fungi in Korea

Dong Young Hwang; Seulki Kim; Soo Dong Woo; Tae Young Shin; Robert H.A. Coutts; Ioly Kotta-Loizou

doi:10.1007/s00705-023-05765-y

Incidence of putative RNA mycoviruses in entomopathogenic fungi in Korea

Dong Young Hwang
, Seulki Kim
, Soo Dong Woo
, Tae Young Shin^*
, Robert H.A. Coutts
, Ioly Kotta-Loizou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Entomopathogenic fungi have potential as biocontrol agents against insect pests, and mycovirus-mediated hypervirulence may enhance their efficacy. Before initiating research on hypervirulence, the presence or absence of double-stranded (ds) RNA elements was determined in 94 Korean entomopathogenic fungi. dsRNA elements varying in size from ca. 0.8 to 7 kbp were found in 14.9% (14/94) of the strains examined, including Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium pemphigi, M. pinghaense, M. rileyi, and Cordyceps fumosorosea. This study provides information on the incidence and electrophoretic banding patterns of dsRNA elements and is the first report of mycoviruses entomopathogenic fungi in Korea.

Original language	English
Article number	145
Journal	Archives of Virology
Volume	168
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-023-05765-y
State	Published - 2023.05

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Keywords

Beauveria
Cordyceps
dsRNA elements
Entomopathogenic fungi
Metarhizium

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Biological Sciences

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Incidence of putative RNA mycoviruses in entomopathogenic fungi in Korea

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