Draft Genome Sequence of Medusavirus stheno, a New Member of "Medusaviridae" Isolated from the Tatakai River of Uji, Japan

Koki Yoshida; Ruixuan Zhang; Kimberly Garcia; Hisashi Endo; Yasuhiro Gotoh; Tetsuya Hayashi; Masaharu Takemura; Hiroyuki Ogata

doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0502.v1

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Draft Genome Sequence of Medusavirus stheno, a New Member of "Medusaviridae" Isolated from the Tatakai River of Uji, Japan

Koki Yoshida,Ruixuan Zhang^*,Kimberly Garcia,Hisashi Endo,Yasuhiro Gotoh,Tetsuya Hayashi,Masaharu Takemura,Hiroyuki Ogata^*

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18 November 2020

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19 November 2020

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Abstract

"Medusaviridae" is a proposed family of large DNA viruses so far represented by a sole virus isolated from a hot spring. In the present study, we report the isolation and genome sequencing of a new member of this family, medusavirus stheno, discovered from a freshwater sample with Acanthamoeba castellanii coculture.

Keywords:

Medusavirus

;

giant virus

;

NCLDV

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Biology and Life Sciences - Anatomy and Physiology

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