Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 278-289.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2022-0732

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Identification and Diversity Analysis of Mycoviruses from the Phytopathogenic Fungus Colletotrichum spp. of Walnut

XU Xiao-wen1(), LI Jin-cang2, HAI Du2, ZHA Yu-ping1, SONG Fei1, WANG Yi-xun1()   

  1. 1. Hubei Academy of Forestry, Wuhan 430075
    2. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070
  • Received:2022-06-17 Online:2023-03-26 Published:2023-04-10

Abstract:

Colletotrichum spp. are the pathogens of walnut anthracnose, a major disease of walnuts, but little has been known about the types and their genomic sequence information of viruses carried by phytopathogenic fungus Colletotrichum spp. of walnut. In this study, 25 strains isolated from walnut fruits suffering walnut anthracnose in three different provinces of China were mined,identified and classified via meta-transcriptomic approach. After homologous alignment analysis, 22 kinds of viral genome sequences were obtained, 19 of them were novel. Among the 22 mycoviruses, 21 were positive single-stranded RNA viruses and one was dsRNA virus. The positive single-stranded RNAs belonged to family Narnaviridae, Mitoviridae and Botourmiaviridae, respectively, while the dsRNA belonged to Alternaviridae family. The RT-PCR validation results showed that all 22 mycoviruses were detected in our Colletotrichum spp. strains, and the virus carriage rate of 25 strains was 100%, with each strain being infected by at least 1 to 11 viruses. The results enriched the genomic information of viruses carried by Colletotrichum spp. and laid the foundation for the subsequent in-depth analysis of the diversity and molecular characteristics of mycoviruses from Colletotrichum.

Key words: mycovirus, pathogen of walnut anthracnose(Colletotrichum spp.), meta-transcriptomic sequencing, diversity