RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Reuter, Gábor A1 Boros, Ákos A1 Tóth, Zoltán A1 Gia Phan, Tung A1 Delwart, Eric A1 Pankovics, PéterYR 2015 T1 A highly divergent picornavirus in an amphibian, the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) JF Journal of General Virology, VO 96 IS 9 SP 2607 OP 2613 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.000198 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB Genetically highly divergent picornavirus (Newt/2013/HUN, KP770140) was detected using viral metagenomics in faecal samples of free-living smooth newts (Lissotriton vulgaris). Newt picornavirus was identified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in six (25 %) of the 24 samples originating from individuals caught in two out of the six investigated natural ponds in Hungary. The first picornavirus in amphibians expands the host range of members of the Picornaviridae, and opens a new research field in picornavirus evolution in lower vertebrates. Newt picornavirus represents a novel species in a novel genus within the family Picornaviridae, provisionally named genus Ampivirus (amphibian picornavirus)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.000198