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Algerian watermelon mosaic virus (AWMV): a new potyvirus species in the PRSV cluster

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A potyvirus was isolated from a naturally infected squash plant in Algeria in 1986. Biological and serological data have revealed that the virus, initially described as H4, is related to other cucurbit-infecting potyviruses, particularly Moroccan watermelon mosaic virus (MWMV) and Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). To establish unequivocally the taxonomic status of H4, its full-length genome sequence was established. H4 shared identities of 70% and 65% at the amino acid level with MWMV and PRSV, respectively, indicating that H4 is a distinct species of the PRSV cluster. The name Algerian watermelon mosaic virus (AWMV) is proposed for this new potyvirus species.

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  1. Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Immunologie et Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Soumaya Yakoubi

  2. INRA, UR407, Station de Pathologie Végétale, Domaine Saint Maurice, B.P. 94, 84143, Montfavet cedex, France

    Hervé Lecoq & Cécile Desbiez

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The complete nucleotide sequence of AWMV reported in this paper has been submitted to the GenBank nucleotide sequence database and has been assigned the accession number EU410442.

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Yakoubi, S., Lecoq, H. & Desbiez, C. Algerian watermelon mosaic virus (AWMV): a new potyvirus species in the PRSV cluster. Virus Genes 37, 103–109 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-008-0237-x

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Keywords

  • Cucurbit
  • Capsid
  • Phylogeny
  • Taxonomy