Cymbidium chlorotic mosaic virus, a new sobemovirus isolated from a spring orchid (Cymbidium goeringii) in Japan

Hideki Kondo, Shogo Takemoto, Kazuyuki Maruyama, Sotaro Chiba, Andika Ida Bagus, Nobuhiro Suzuki

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Abstract

Cymbidium chlorotic mosaic virus (CyCMV), isolated from a spring orchid (Cymbidium goeringii), was characterized molecularly. CyCMV isometric virions comprise a single, positive-strand RNA genome of 4,083 nucleotides and 30-kDa coat protein. The virus genome contains five overlapping open reading frames with a genomic organization similar to that of sobemoviruses. BLAST searches and phylogenetic analysis revealed that CyCMV is most closely related to papaya lethal yellowing virus, a proposed dicot-infecting sobemovirus (58.8 % nucleotide sequence identity), but has a relatively distant relationship to monocot-infecting sobemoviruses, with only modest sequence identities. This suggests that CyCMV is a new monocot-infecting member of the floating genus Sobemovirus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2099-2104
Number of pages6
JournalArchives of Virology
Volume160
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 13 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Virology

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