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A novel monopartite dsRNA virus from rhododendron

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A dsRNA molecule of 3.4 kbp was extracted from two great rhododendron samples from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Sequencing of this molecule suggests that it represents the genome of an undescribed virus, for which the provisional name rhododendron virus A (RhVA) is proposed. In phylogenetic analyses, this virus clustered together with southern tomato virus and related viruses, forming a coherent and distinct clade among dsRNA viruses. RhVA likely belongs to a yet-to-be-established taxon of viruses with a non-segmented dsRNA genome.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by funds provided by Discover Life in America Inc to the first author. The authors thank A. Lawrence for help in electron microscopy and Dr. J. Rock (National Park Services) for help in botanical identification. Approved for publication as Journal Article No J-11851 of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State University.

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  1. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    S. Sabanadzovic & N. Abou Ghanem-Sabanadzovic

  2. Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA

    R. A. Valverde

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Sequence data were deposited in GenBank as accession number HQ128706.

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Sabanadzovic, S., Abou Ghanem-Sabanadzovic, N. & Valverde, R.A. A novel monopartite dsRNA virus from rhododendron. Arch Virol 155, 1859–1863 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-010-0770-5

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