Jonathon C. O. Mifsud

The paper reports a new bat betacoronavirus from Brazil with a functional furin cleavage site in its spike protein, highlighting its phylogenetic distinctiveness and potential zoonotic risk.

The paper analyzes RNA viromes of ctenophores and placozoans to explore virus-host relationships, identifying novel viruses and their evolutionary patterns.

The paper identifies ten new sarthrovirus species from diverse hosts in Australia, expanding the family to 11 species and seven genera, and suggests alternative replication strategies and helper virus associations.

This study uses a Bayesian mixed-effects molecular clock model to analyze HBV genomic data, revealing declining evolutionary rates and linking viral spread to human migration patterns.

This study identifies new RNA viruses in invasive camelids in Australia, revealing convergent evolution of upstream ORFs across divergent picornaviruses.

The paper analyzes tunicate metatranscriptomes to show that some disease-causing RNA viruses evolved before vertebrates and that recombination between viral orders shaped their evolution.

The paper investigates microbial transmission among reef fishes in the Great Barrier Reef, finding limited cross-species transmission despite ecological interactions.

The paper redefines the taxonomy of Flaviviridae by integrating protein sequence and structure data, revealing new clades and expanding host range.

This paper detects RMV and novel tobamoviruses in Australia using metatranscriptomic sequencing of animal gut content, revealing new viral threats to horticultural systems.

This study identifies 86 viruses in Australian dogs and dingoes, revealing limited geographic structure and the first detection of rotavirus A in dingoes, suggesting cross-species transmission.

The paper maps glycoprotein structures across Flaviviridae to identify evolutionary events shaping their virology and ecology.

This paper identifies a 39.8kb flavi-like virus without an exonuclease that overcomes the RNA virus error threshold by using bacterial nucleic acid metabolism domains.

The paper identifies a novel papillomavirus, AfPV1, in New Zealand fur seals with oral papilloma-like lesions and detects a novel gammaherpesvirus, AfGHV1, in another individual.

The paper identifies extensive RNA virus diversity in Australian soils and sediments, revealing novel viral clades and highlighting environmental factors influencing viral abundance and diversity.