Table 1.
Amino acid identity, contig length, and relative frequency of the viruses identified in this study. All sequence reads generated in this project are available under the NCBI Short Read Archive (SRA) under accession number SRP149185 and virus sequences have been deposited in GenBank.
| Virus Family | Virus Species | Contig Length (nt) | % Relative Abundance in Library | % Amino Acid Identify | Closest Match (GenBank Accession Number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circoviridae | Humpback whale blow-associated circo-like virus 1 | 702 | 0.000115% | 51% | Sewage-associated circular DNA virus-29 (YP_009117067) |
| Circoviridae | Humpback whale blow-associated circo-like virus 2 | 909 | 0.000164% | 46% | McMurdo Ice Shelf pond-associated circular DNA virus-5 (YP_009047137) |
| Parvoviridae | Humpback whale blow-associated denso-like virus | 315 | 0.000143% | 47% |
Periplaneta fuliginosa densovirus (NP_051022.1) |
| Tombusviridae | Humpback whale blow-associated tombus-like virus | 279 | 0.000164% | 41% | Changjiang tombus-like virus-9 (YP_009337417.1) |
| Picornaviridae | Humpback whale blow-associated picornavirus | 255 | (N/A–assembled contigs from raw reads) | 61% | Quail picornavirus (NC_016403) |
| Astroviridae | Humpback whale blow-associated astrovirus | 130 | (N/A–assembled contigs from raw reads) | 76% | Porcine astrovirus 5 (YP_009010969) |