Novel endornaviruses infecting Phytophthora cactorum that attenuate vegetative growth, promote sporangia formation, and confer hypervirulence to the host oomycete.
Kohei Sakuta, Aori Ito, Yukiko Sassa-O’Brien, Tomohiro Yoshida, Toshiyuki Fukuhara, Seiji Uematsu, Ken Komatsu, Hiromitsu Moriyama
This study identifies two novel endornaviruses in Phytophthora cactorum that enhance virulence and alter stress responses in the host oomycete.
Journal of General Virology · May 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology