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Abstract

Wine yeasts can be natural hosts for dsRNA, ssRNA viruses and retrotransposon elements. In this study, high-throughput RNA sequencing combined with bioinformatic analyses unveiled the virome associated to 16 Saccharomyces cerevisiae and 8 non-Saccharomyces strains of oenological interest. Results showed the presence of six viruses and two satellite dsRNAs from four different families, two of which—Partitiviridae and Mitoviridae—were not reported before in yeasts, as well as two ORFan contigs of viral origin. According to phylogenetic analysis, four new putative mycoviruses distributed in Totivirus, Cryspovirus, and Mitovirus genera were identified. The majority of commercial S. cerevisiae strains were confirmed to be the host for helper L-A type totiviruses and satellite M dsRNAs associated with the killer phenotype, both in single and mixed infections with L-BC totiviruses, and two viral sequences belonging to a new cryspovirus putative species discovered here for the first time. Moreover, single infection by a narnavirus 20S-related sequence was also found in one S. cerevisiae strain. Considering the non-Saccharomyces yeasts, Starmerella bacillaris hosted four RNAs of viral origin—two clustering in Totivirus and Mitovirus genera, and two ORFans with putative satellite behavior. This study confirmed the infection of wine yeasts by viruses associated with useful technological characteristics and demonstrated the presence of complex mixed infections with unpredictable biological effects.

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Title
Identification and Molecular Characterization of Novel Mycoviruses in Saccharomyces and Non-Saccharomyces Yeasts of Oenological Interest
Author
Crucitti, Dalila 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chiapello, Marco 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Oliva, Daniele 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Forgia, Marco 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Turina, Massimo 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Carimi, Francesco 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Francesca La Bella 1 ; Pacifico, Davide 1 

 Dipartimento di Scienze Bio-Agroalimentari, Istituto di Bioscienze e BioRisorse (IBBR), C.N.R., Corso Calatafimi 414, 90129 Palermo, Italy; [email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (F.L.B.) 
 Dipartimento di Scienze Bio-Agroalimentari, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP), C.N.R., Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Torino, Italy; [email protected] (M.C.); [email protected] (M.F.); [email protected] (M.T.) 
 Istituto Regionale del Vino e dell’Olio (IRVO), Via Libertà 66, 90143 Palermo, Italy; [email protected] 
First page
52
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19994915
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2621382227
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.