A composition may be applied to animate and inanimate surfaces to render such surfaces antimicrobial for as long as the composition remains on the surface. The composition contains at least one pathogen-associated virus that is self-regenerating so that a user need not take steps to regenerate the material. The virus is or viruses are contained within a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix has the ability to maintain a desired moisture content to support the regeneration of the virus(es). Various methods of using the composition include the coating of animate and inanimate surfaces to prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.

A mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector and a construction method and an application thereof are provided. A nucleotide sequence of the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and construction method for the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector includes: (1) connecting three single-stranded circular DNA molecules DNA-A, DNA-B and DNA-C of the mycovirus FgGMTV1/HB58 in series and introducing them into a same vector to construct a recombinant vector; and (2) carrying out a deletion mutation on a coding protein p26 of the DNA-C molecule in the recombinant vector to obtain the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector.

A mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector and a construction method and an application thereof are provided. A nucleotide sequence of the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector is shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and construction method for the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector includes: (1) connecting three single-stranded circular DNA molecules DNA-A, DNA-B and DNA-C of the mycovirus FgGMTV1/HB58 in series and introducing them into a same vector to construct a recombinant vector; and (2) carrying out a deletion mutation on a coding protein p26 of the DNA-C molecule in the recombinant vector to obtain the mycovirus-induced gene silencing vector.

A composition may be applied to animate and inanimate surfaces to render such surfaces antimicrobial for as long as the composition remains on the surface. The composition contains at least one pathogen-associated virus that is self-regenerating so that a user need not take steps to regenerate the material. The virus is or viruses are contained within a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix has the ability to maintain a desired moisture content to support the regeneration of the virus(es). Various methods of using the composition include the coating of animate and inantimate surfaces to prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.