publications

2024

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   A  40-kb flavi-like virus does not encode a known error-correcting mechanism

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024

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   Mapping glycoprotein structure reveals Flaviviridae evolutionary history

   Jonathon CO Mifsud, Spyros Lytras, Michael R Oliver, and 4 more authors

   Nature, 2024

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   Australian terrestrial environments harbour extensive RNA virus diversity

   Sabrina Sadiq, Erin Harvey, Jonathon CO Mifsud, and 5 more authors

   Virology, 2024

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   A novel papillomavirus in a New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) with oral lesions

   Jonathon CO Mifsud, Jane Hall, Kate Van Brussel, and 4 more authors

   npj Viruses, Mar 2024

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   Limited transmission of microbial species among coral reef fishes from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

   Vincenzo A. Costa, David R. Bellwood, Jonathon C.O. Mifsud, and 3 more authors

   bioRxiv, Feb 2024

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   Consensus statement from the first RdRp Summit: advancing RNA virus discovery at scale across communities

   Justine Charon, Ingrida Olendraite, Marco Forgia, and 8 more authors

   Frontiers in Virology, Feb 2024

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   Host adaptive radiation is associated with rapid virus diversification and cross-species transmission in African cichlid fishes

   Vincenzo A Costa, Fabrizia Ronco, Jonathon CO Mifsud, and 3 more authors

   Current Biology, Mar 2024

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2023

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   Evidence for an Ancient Aquatic Origin of the RNA Viral Order Articulavirales

   Mary E. Petrone, Rhys Parry, Jonathon C. O. Mifsud, and 4 more authors

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oct 2023

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   State of the World’s Plants and Fungi, 2023

   A. Antonelli, C. Fry, R. J. Smith, and 183 more authors

   Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Oct 2023

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   Divergent Hepaciviruses, Delta-Like Viruses, and a Chu-Like Virus in Australian Marsupial Carnivores (Dasyurids)

   Erin Harvey, Jonathon C O Mifsud, Edward C Holmes, and 1 more author

   Virus Evolution, Jul 2023

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   Host Adaptive Radiation is Associated with Rapid Virus Diversification and Cross-Species Transmission in African Cichlid Fishes

   Vincenzo A. Costa, Fabrizia Ronco, Jonathon C.O. Mifsud, and 3 more authors

   bioRxiv, Jun 2023

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   Global Shortfalls in Threat Assessments for Endemic Flora by Country

   R.V. Gallagher, S.P. Allen, R. Govaerts, and 14 more authors

   Plants People Planet, Apr 2023

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   Limited Cross-Species Virus Transmission in a Spatially Restricted Coral Reef Fish Community

   V.A. Costa, D.R. Bellwood, J.C.O. Mifsud, and 4 more authors

   Virus Evolution, Feb 2023

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   Transcriptome Mining Extends the Host Range of the Flaviviridae to Non-Bilaterians

   Jonathon C O Mifsud, Vincenzo A Costa, Mary E Petrone, and 3 more authors

   Virus Evolution, Jan 2023

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2022

1. 

   Transcriptome Mining Expands Knowledge of RNA Viruses across the Plant Kingdom

   Jonathon C. O. Mifsud, Rachael V. Gallagher, Edward C. Holmes, and 1 more author

   Journal of Virology, Dec 2022

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2021

1. 

   Slippery when wet: cross-species transmission of divergent coronaviruses in bony and jawless fish and the evolutionary history of the Coronaviridae

   Allison K Miller^*, Jonathon C O Mifsud^*, Vincenzo A Costa^*, and 8 more authors

   Virus Evolution, May 2021

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   Metagenomic sequencing reveals a lack of virus exchange between native and invasive freshwater fish across the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia

   Vincenzo A Costa, Jonathon C O Mifsud, Dean Gilligan, and 3 more authors

   Virus Evolution, Jan 2021

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   Virome composition in marine fish revealed by meta-transcriptomics

   Jemma L Geoghegan, Francesca Di Giallonardo, Michelle Wille, and 8 more authors

   Virus Evolution, Jan 2021

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   Explorations of the Plant Virosphere

   Jonathon CO Mifsud

   Macquarie University, Master of Research, Jan 2021

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