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- Title
Two Novel Betarhabdovirins Infecting Ornamental Plants and the Peculiar Intracellular Behavior of the Cytorhabdovirus in the Liana Aristolochia gibertii.
- Authors
Ramos-González, Pedro Luis; Alexandre, Maria Amelia Vaz; Potsclam-Barro, Matheus; Duarte, Lígia Maria Lembo; Michea Gonzalez, Gianluca L.; Chabi-Jesus, Camila; Ramos, Alyne F.; Harakava, Ricardo; Lorenzi, Harri; Freitas-Astúa, Juliana; Kitajima, Elliot Watanabe
- Abstract
Two novel members of the subfamily Betarhabdovirinae, family Rhabdoviridae, were identified in Brazil. Overall, their genomes have the typical organization 3′-N-P-P3-M-G-L-5′ observed in mono-segmented plant-infecting rhabdoviruses. In aristolochia-associated cytorhabdovirus (AaCV), found in the liana aristolochia (Aristolochia gibertii Hook), an additional short orphan ORF encoding a transmembrane helix was detected between P3 and M. The AaCV genome and inferred encoded proteins share the highest identity values, consistently < 60%, with their counterparts of the yerba mate chlorosis-associated virus (Cytorhabdovirus flaviyerbamate). The second virus, false jalap virus (FaJV), was detected in the herbaceous plant false jalap (Mirabilis jalapa L.) and represents together with tomato betanucleorhabdovirus 2, originally found in tomato plants in Slovenia, a tentative new species of the genus Betanucleorhabdovirus. FaJV particles accumulate in the perinuclear space, and electron-lucent viroplasms were observed in the nuclei of the infected cells. Notably, distinct from typical rhabdoviruses, most virions of AaCV were observed to be non-enclosed within membrane-bounded cavities. Instead, they were frequently seen in close association with surfaces of mitochondria or peroxisomes. Unlike FaJV, AaCV was successfully graft-transmitted to healthy plants of three species of the genus Aristolochia, while mechanical and seed transmission proved unsuccessful for both viruses. Data suggest that these viruses belong to two new tentative species within the subfamily Betarhabdovirinae.
- Subjects
SLOVENIA; BRAZIL; ORNAMENTAL plants; ARISTOLOCHIA; LIANAS; HERBACEOUS plants; CELL nuclei; ROOTSTOCKS
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2024, Vol 16, Issue 3, p322
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v16030322