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Table 1 Numbers of endogenous circular ssDNA virus-like sequences in eukaryotic genomes

From: Widespread Horizontal Gene Transfer from Circular Single-stranded DNA Viruses to Eukaryotic Genomes

Organism group

Organism

No. of virus-related genes

  

Rep

Capsid

Plants

   

   land plants

Populus trichocarpa (black cottonwood)

1

 
 

Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco)

 

1

   green algae

Micromonas pusilla (green algae) CCMP1545

1

 

Fungi

   

   ascomycetes

Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4

1

 
 

Aspergillus fumigatus A1163

1

 
 

Aspergillus niger CBS 513.88

1

 
 

Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040

1

 
 

Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15 (rice blast fungus)

1

 
 

Nectria haematococca mpVI 77-13-4

4

 
 

Tuber melanosporum Mel28 (Perigord truffle)

42

 

basidiomycetes

Laccaria bicolor S238N-H82 (Bicoloured deceiver)

5

 

Protists

   

   protozoans

Entamoeba invadens IP1

10

 
 

Entamoeba terrapinae

3

 
 

Entamoeba histolytica HM-1:IMSS

14

 
 

Entamoeba dispar SAW760

7

 
 

Blastocystis hominis Singapore isolate B (sub-type 7)

7

 
 

Giardia intestinalis ATCC 50581 strain GS/M H7

13

 
 

Giardia intestinalis isolate BRIS/92/HEPU/1541

2

 

   diatoms

Phaeodactylum tricornutum (diatom)

1

 

Animals

   

   mammals

Canis lupus familiaris (dog) *

4

 
 

Monodelphis domestica (gray short-tailed opossum) *

1

 
 

Felis catus(domestic cat) *

6

 
 

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda) *

12

 
 

Choloepus hoffmanni (Hoffmann's two-fingered sloth) *

 

2†

gastropods

Aplysia californica (California sea hare)

1

 

amphibians

Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis(western clawed frog) *

2

 

lancelets

Branchiostoma floridae (Florida lancelet) strain S238N-H82

7

 

roundworms

Brugia malayi (agent of lymphatic filariasis)

1

 
 

Loa loa (African eyeworm)

10

 
 

Wuchereria bancrofti (agent of lymphatic filariasis)

3

 
 

Onchocerca volvulus (agent of onchocerciasis)

5

 

crustaceans

Lepeophtheirus salmonis (salmon louse) strain Pacific

59

 

mites & ticks

Varroa destructor (honeybee mite)strain Korean

56

 

placozoans

Trichoplax adhaerens (placozoan) strain Grell-BS-1999

2

 

hydrozoans

Hydra magnipapillata (hydrozoan) strain 105

18

 

Total

35

302

3

  1. * Some endogenous virus-like sequences from the indicated species have been reported by Belyi et al.[27]
  2. † The two capsid-like sequences were incorrectly reported as Rep-like sequences by Belyi et al. [27]