Journal: Virus Research
Article Title: Mycoviruses diversity in the black kōji mold, Aspergillus luchuensis (section Nigri ) isolated from liquor-production environments in Japan
doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2026.199724
Figure Lengend Snippet: Identification of mycoviruses in A. luchuensis strains. (A) Origin of Aspergillus strains for dsRNA screening and the results of analysis. The number in parentheses indicates the number of dsRNA positive and tested Aspergillus spp. strains (Nanaji and Fujimori, unpublished data, see also the text). The map is provided by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan ( https://www.gsi.go.jp ). The dsRNA-sequencing strains are shown on the right with an additional Okinawa strain (JCM22320, ). (B) Colony morphologies of selected A. luchuensis strains carrying virus-like dsRNA elements. (C) dsRNA profiles of the selected A. luchuensis strains. Each dsRNA fraction was analyzed by 1.0% agarose gel electrophoresis. Fungal strains subjected to dsRNA-seq analysis are indicated in red. Expected dsRNA bands for an alternavirus (AlAV1) and a partitivirus (AlPV1) genome, as well as AlPV1 satellite-like elements, were shown on the right (see ). The asterisks indicate the expected dsRNA bands for two other partitiviruses, AlPV2 and AlPV3. A 1 kb dsDNA ladder size marker (GeneRuler 1 kb DNA ladder, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) was used as a size standard.
Article Snippet: A 1 kb dsDNA ladder size marker (GeneRuler 1 kb DNA ladder, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) was used as a size standard.
Techniques: Sequencing, Virus, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Marker