Alphaflexivirus Genomes in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease-Affected, Disease-Exposed, and Disease-Unexposed Coral Colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands

A J Veglia; K Beavers; E W Van Buren; S S Meiling; E M Muller; T B Smith; D M Holstein; A Apprill; M E Brandt; L D Mydlarz; A M S Correa

doi:10.1128/mra.01199-21

Alphaflexivirus Genomes in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease-Affected, Disease-Exposed, and Disease-Unexposed Coral Colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Feb 17;11(2):e0119921. doi: 10.1128/mra.01199-21. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Authors

A J Veglia¹, K Beavers², E W Van Buren², S S Meiling³, E M Muller⁴, T B Smith³, D M Holstein⁵, A Apprill⁶, M E Brandt³, L D Mydlarz², A M S Correa¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, USA.
³ Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA.
⁴ Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, USA.
⁵ Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
⁶ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is decimating Caribbean corals. Here, through the metatranscriptomic assembly and annotation of two alphaflexivirus-like strains, we provide genomic evidence of filamentous viruses in SCTLD-affected, -exposed, and -unexposed coral colonies. These data will assist in clarifying the roles of viruses in SCTLD.

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