Avocet & plover megriviruses

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Two partial genome sequences from red-necked avocets (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) in Australia (Wille et al., 2018). A related virus was found in a red-capped plover (Charadrius ruficapillus) also in Australia (Wille et al., 2019)

Genome organisation:

VPg+5'UTR[L/1AB-1C-1D/2A1-2A2-2A3^H-box/NC-2B-2C/3A-3B^VPg-3C^pro-3D^pol]3'UTR-poly(A)

References

Wille M, Eden JS, Shi M, Klaassen M, Hurt AC, Holmes EC. Virus-virus interactions and host ecology are associated with RNA virome structure in wild birds. Mol Ecol. 2018 Oct 29. doi: 10.1111/mec.14918. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30375075.

Wille M, Shi M, Klaassen M, Hurt AC, Holmes EC. Virome heterogeneity and connectivity in waterfowl and shorebird communities. ISME J. 2019 Jun 25. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0458-0. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31239538.