A NEUROTROPIC HERPESVIRUS INFECTING THE GASTROPOD, ABALONE, SHARES ANCESTRY WITH OYSTER HERPESVIRUS AND A HERPESVIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMPHIOXUS GENOME

A neurotropic herpesvirus infecting the gastropod, abalone, shares ancestry with oyster herpesvirus and a herpesvirus associated with the amphioxus genome

Abstract Background With the exception of the oyster herpesvirus OsHV-1, all herpesviruses characterized thus far infect only vertebrates.Some Home Goods cause neurological disease in their hosts, while others replicate or become latent in neurological tissues.Recently a new herpesvirus causing ganglioneuritis in abalone, a gastropod, was discovere

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Recombinant of the Staphylococcal Bacteriophage Lysin CHAPk and Its Elimination against Streptococcus agalactiae Biofilms

Bovine mastitis is the most important infectious disease, causing significant losses in the dairy industry, in which Streptococcus agalactiae is a major pathogen.In this study, lysin CHAPk, derived from bacteriophage K, was expressed heterogeneously, and its antimicrobial and anti-biofilm effects against S.agalactiae isolated from bovine mastitis w

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