TY - JOUR AU - Rozenberg, Andrey AU - Brand, Philipp AU - Rivera, Nicole AU - Leese, Florian AU - Schubart, Christoph D. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/07/19 TI - Characterization of fossilized relatives of the White Spot Syndrome Virus in genomes of decapod crustaceans JO - BMC Evolutionary Biology SP - 142 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is an important pathogen that infects a variety of decapod species and causes a highly contagious disease in penaeid shrimps. Mass mortalities caused by WSSV have pronounced commercial impact on shrimp aquaculture. Until now WSSV is the only known member of the virus family Nimaviridae, a group with obscure phylogenetic affinities. Its isolated position makes WSSV studies challenging due to large number of genes without homology in other viruses or cellular organisms. SN - 1471-2148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0380-7 DO - 10.1186/s12862-015-0380-7 ID - Rozenberg2015 ER -