Full genome analysis of a novel adenovirus from the South Polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) in Antarctica

Yon Mi Park, Jeong Hoon Kim, Se Hun Gu, Sook Young Lee, Min Goo Lee, Yoon Kyoo Kang, Sung Ho Kang, Hak Jun Kim, Jin Won Song

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    Abstract

    Adenoviruses have been identified in humans and a wide range of vertebrate animals, but not previously from the polar region. Here, we report the entire 26,340-bp genome of a novel adenovirus, detected by PCR, in tissues of six of nine South Polar skuas (Catharacta maccormicki), collected in Lake King Sejong, King George Island, Antarctica, from 2007 to 2009. The DNA polymerase, penton base, hexon and fiber genes of the South Polar skua adenovirus (SPSAdV) exhibited 68.3%, 75.4%, 74.9% and 48.0% nucleotide sequence similarity with their counterparts in turkey hemorrhagic enteritis virus. Phylogenetic analysis based on the entire genome revealed that SPSAdV belonged to the genus Siadenovirus, family Adenoviridae. This is the first evidence of a novel adenovirus, SPSAdV, from a large polar seabird (family Stercorariidae) in Antarctica.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)144-150
    Number of pages7
    JournalVirology
    Volume422
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012 Jan 5

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    We thank Dr. Hae Ji Kang for phylogenetic analysis and Dr. Richard Yanagihara for editorial assistance. This research was supported in part by a Core Research Support for Senior Researchers, National Research Foundation of Korea ( 2010-002-7564 ), KOPRI (grant number PE11030), and Institute of Biomedical Science & Food Safety, Korea University .

    Keywords

    • Adenovirus
    • Antarctica
    • Catharacta maccormicki
    • Full genome sequence
    • South Polar skua

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Virology

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