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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Harvey E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6466430 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viruses 20190302 3
Koalas (<i>Phascolarctos cinereus</i>) are native Australian marsupials whose populations are in decline from a range of threats. Infectious diseases caused by the bacterium <i>Chlamydia pecorum</i> and other pathogens are of particular concern. We analysed 26 poly-A selected RNA-sequencing libraries from a data set designed to study the immune response of koalas to ocular chlamydial infection. Using virus discovery techniques, we identified the coding-complete genome sequence of a novel picorna ...[more]