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Yellow tailflower mild mottle virus: a new tobamovirus described from Anthocercis littorea (Solanaceae) in Western Australia

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The complete genome sequence of a tobamovirus was determined from a wild plant of yellow tailflower (Anthocercis littorea, family Solanaceae) that exhibited mild mottling and chlorosis on the leaves. The virus induced severe symptoms including systemic necrosis when inoculated to plants of three other solanaceous species. The viral genome was resequenced after passage in Nicotiana benthamiana. The two genomes were 6379 nucleotides in length, and they differed by three nucleotides. Phylogenetic analysis and the deduced architecture of the genome place the virus, provisionally named yellow tailflower mild mottle virus, with other tobamoviruses that infect solanaceous hosts.

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This study was funded by Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP110200180, with financial support from the Western Australian Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority and the Australian Orchid Foundation.

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  1. Australian Plant Virology, Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, 6150, Australia

    Stephen J. Wylie, Hua Li & Michael G. K. Jones

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Fig. S1 Neighbour-joining tree showing predicted evolutionary relationships of the complete genome nucleotide sequences of yellow tailflower mild mottle virus, indicated by a filled circle, and those of some other tobamoviruses. Virus names and GenBank sequence codes are given (DOCX 18 kb)

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Wylie, S.J., Li, H. & Jones, M.G.K. Yellow tailflower mild mottle virus: a new tobamovirus described from Anthocercis littorea (Solanaceae) in Western Australia. Arch Virol 159, 791–795 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-013-1891-4

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