The Expanding Mycovirome of Aspergilli
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388971%3A_____%2F24%3A00597817" target="_blank" >RIV/61388971:_____/24:00597817 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15310/24:73627903
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/10/8/585" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/10/8/585</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof10080585" target="_blank" >10.3390/jof10080585</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Expanding Mycovirome of Aspergilli
Original language description
Mycoviruses are viruses that infect fungi and are widespread across all major fungal taxa, exhibiting great biological diversity. Since their discovery in the 1960s, researchers have observed a myriad of fungal phenotypes altered due to mycoviral infection. In this review, we examine the nuanced world of mycoviruses in the context of the medically and agriculturally important fungal genus, Aspergillus. The advent of RNA sequencing has revealed a previous underestimate of viral prevalence in fungi, in particular linear single-stranded RNA viruses, and here we outline the diverse viral families known to date that contain mycoviruses infecting Aspergillus. Furthermore, we describe these novel mycoviruses, highlighting those with peculiar genome structures, such as a split RNA dependent RNA polymerase gene. Next, we delineate notable mycovirus-mediated phenotypes in Aspergillus, in particular reporting on observations of mycoviruses that affect their fungal host's virulence and explore how this may relate to virus-mediated decreased stress tolerance. Furthermore, mycovirus effects on microbial competition and antifungal resistance are discussed. The factors that influence the manifestation of these phenotypes, such as temperature, fungal life stage, and infection with multiple viruses, among others, are also evaluated. In addition, we attempt to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underpin these phenotypes, examining how mycoviruses can be targets, triggers, and even suppressors of RNA silencing and how this can affect fungal gene expression and phenotypes. Finally, we highlight the potential therapeutic applications of mycoviruses and how, in an approach analogous to bacteriophage therapy, their ability to produce hypovirulence in Aspergillus might be used to attenuate invasive aspergillosis infections in humans.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10612 - Mycology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Fungi
ISSN
2309-608X
e-ISSN
2309-608X
Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
jof10080585
UT code for WoS article
001307053800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85202626232