First Report of a Complete Genome Sequence of White spot syndrome virus from India

K Vinaya Kumar; M S Shekhar; S K Otta; K Karthic; J Ashok Kumar; G Gopikrishna; K K Vijayan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00055-18

First Report of a Complete Genome Sequence of White spot syndrome virus from India

Genome Announc. 2018 Feb 22;6(8):e00055-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00055-18.

Authors

K Vinaya Kumar¹, M S Shekhar², S K Otta³, K Karthic¹, J Ashok Kumar¹, G Gopikrishna¹, K K Vijayan³

Affiliations

¹ Nutrition Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Nutrition Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India [email protected].
³ Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

White spot syndrome virus is a major pathogen of shrimp, causing economic loss to the aquaculture industry. For the first time, a complete de novo genome of an Indian isolate of this virus has been deciphered using Illumina and Nanopore sequencing technologies. The genome has 280,591 bp with 442 predicted coding genes.