Megrivirus E

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Megrivirus E is a species in the genus Megrivirus. The virus was found in an Adélie penguin (Zell et al., 2018; Yinda 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

Yinda CK, Esefeld J, Peter HU, Matthijnssens J, Zell R. Penguin megrivirus, a novel picornavirus from an Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). Arch Virol. 2019 Sep 7. doi: 10.1007/s00705-019-04404-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31494778.

Zell, R. (2018). Picornaviridae-the ever-growing virus family. Arch Virol. 163: 299-317. doi: 10.1007/s00705-017-3614-8. Epub 2017 Oct 20.