Archives of Virology (2014) 159, 3141-3144

M. Carmen Cañizares, Encarnación Pérez-Artés and María D. García-Pedrajas (2014)
The complete nucleotide sequence of a novel partitivirus isolated from the plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium albo-atrum
Archives of Virology 159 (11), 3141-3144
Abstract: We have characterized the bisegmented genome of a novel double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus isolated from the plant pathogenic fungus Verticillium albo-atrum. We determined that its larger segment (dsRNA1) was 1747 base pairs in length and potentially encoded an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of 539 amino acids, whereas the smaller segment (dsRNA2) was 1517 base pairs long and was predicted to encode a capsid protein of 435 amino acids. Homology searches and phylogenetic analysis confirmed that, as expected from its dsRNA banding profile, the identified virus was a new member of the family Partitiviridae, and we have therefore designated it V. a lbo- a trum partitivirus 1 (VaaPV1). This is the first report of a mycovirus identified in V. albo-atrum.
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Database assignments for author(s): Encarnación Pérez-Artés

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Verticillium alboatrum	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)	Canada (east)
Verticillium mycoviruses (antagonists)	Verticillium alboatrum	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)	Canada (east)