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Commelina yellow mottle badnavirus

Index

• Nomenclature
• Host range, transmission and symptoms
• Physical and biochemical properties
• Taxonomy and relationships
• Comments and References

Data collated by A.A.Brunt, 1988.

Nomenclature

Acronym

ComYMV

ICTV decimal code

07.0.1.0.005

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Commelina diffusa - found only as mixed infections.

Transmission

Virus not transmitted by mechanical inoculation; transmitted by grafting.

Geographical distribution

Spreads in Guadeloupe and Sudan (Migliori and Lastra, 1978; B.E.L. Lockhart, unpublished data).

Susceptible host species

• Commelina diffusa

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Commelinaceae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Properties of particles in sap

Leaf sap contains few virions.

Particle morphology

Virions bacilliform; not enveloped; 133 nm in length; 24 nm wide.

Biochemical properties

Genome consists of DNA; double-stranded; circular. Total genome size 7.49 kb. Genome unipartite.

NCBI sequence data (Entrez search)

Sequence database accession code(s)

• X52938 Em(40)_vi:CYMVCG Gb(84)_vi:CYMVCG Commelina yellow mottle virus complete circular genome. 9/93 7,489bp. 1 sequence.

Cytopathology

Virions found in mesophyll; in cytoplasm.

Taxonomy and relationships

Badnavirus (the type species)

Comments and References

References

• Medberry, S.L., Lockhart, B.E.L. and Olszewski, N.E. (1990). Nucl. Acids Res. 18: 5505.
• Migliori, A. and Lastra, R. (1978). Annls. Phytopath. 10: 467.

Cite this publication as: Brunt, A.A., Crabtree, K., Dallwitz, M.J., Gibbs, A.J., Watson, L. and Zurcher, E.J. (eds.) (1996 onwards). `Plant Viruses Online: Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database. Version: 20^th August 1996.' URL http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/

Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993) should also be cited.