Adaptation of Ranaviruses from Peneda-Geres National Park (Portugal) to Cell

摘要

Ranavimses are known to produce diseases in fish, amphibians and reptiles, being involved in high mortality episodes in aquaculture farms and in the decline of amphibian populations worldwide [1]. Mass mortality episodes were previously detected in Triturus marmoratus from two lagoons of the Peneda-Gerés National Park (PGNP) (NW Portugal) [2]. Ranavirus-like particles were identified in tissues of diseased newts T marmoratus and T boscai [3]. Here we report on the molecular and ultrastructural characterization of these viruses.