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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Dispatch

Detection of Novel Poxvirus from Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Germany

Florian Pfaff, Katharina Kramer, Jacqueline King, Kati Franzke, Tanja Rosenberger, Dirk Höper, Patricia König, Donata Hoffmann, and Martin BeerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald, Germany (F. Pfaff, J. King, K. Franzke, D. Höper, P. König, D. Hoffmann, M. Beer); Landeslabor Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster, Germany (K. Kramer); Seehundstation Friedrichskoog e.V., Friedrichskoog, Germany (T. Rosenberger)

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Phylogenetic tree of novel poxvirus detected from gray seal (Halichoerus grypus), Germany. Sequencing resulted in a complete poxvirus genome and the virus was tentatively named Wadden Sea poxvirus (red text). Phylogenetic analysis of 15 concatenated viral proteins (alignment of 9,130 aa) showed that Wadden Sea poxvirus (black arrow) is a member of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae but might resemble a novel species distant from the established genera. Asterisks indicate major branches of the bootstrap support at >90%. Scale bar indicates amino acid substitutions per site.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree of novel poxvirus detected from gray seal (Halichoerus grypus), Germany. Sequencing resulted in a complete poxvirus genome and the virus was tentatively named Wadden Sea poxvirus (red text). Phylogenetic analysis of 15 concatenated viral proteins (alignment of 9,130 aa) showed that Wadden Sea poxvirus (black arrow) is a member of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae but might resemble a novel species distant from the established genera. Asterisks indicate major branches of the bootstrap support at >90%. Scale bar indicates amino acid substitutions per site.

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