Tomato brown rugose fruit virus Mo gene is a novel microbial source tracking marker
A. Natarajan, B. J. Fremin, D. T. Schmidtke, M. Wolfe, S. Zlitni, K. E. Graham, E. F. Brooks, C. J. Severyn, K. M. Sakamoto, N. J. Lacayo, S. Kuersten, J. Koble, G. Caves, I. Kaplan, U. Singh, , A. B. Boehm
The paper designs and tests novel viral microbial source tracking markers based on ToBRFV genomes, finding they are sensitive, specific, and more prevalent in human stool and wastewater than existing markers.
bioRxiv · Jan 9, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology