Varicosavirus
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Rhabdoviridae
Subfamily: Betarhabdovirinae
Genus: Varicosavirus

Varicosavirus is a genus of plant viruses. The virus is associated with swelling in plant vein tissues. They are negative single stranded RNA viruses.[1] The genus contains three species.

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:[2]

Structure

Virions consist of a non-enveloped rod-shaped capsid, having a helical symmetry of 120–360 nm in length, and a width of 18–30 nm.

Genome

The genome consists of a bi-segmented linear, single-stranded negative sense RNA. The first segment is about 6350–7000 nucleotides in length; the second, about 5630–6500 nucleotides in length.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kormelink R, Garcia ML, Goodin M, Sasaya T, Haenni AL (2011). "Negative-strand RNA viruses: the plant-infecting counterparts". Virus Res. 162 (1–2): 184–202. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2011.09.028. PMID 21963660.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ Sasaya T, Ishikawa K, Koganezawa H (2002). "The nucleotide sequence of RNA1 of Lettuce big-vein virus, genus Varicosavirus, reveals its relation to nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses". Virology. 297 (2): 289–97. doi:10.1006/viro.2002.1420. PMID 12083827.

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