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Research Project: Detection, Identification, and Characterization of New and Emerging Viral and Bacterial Diseases of Ornamental Plants

Location: Floral and Nursery Plants Research

Title: ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Alphaflexiviridae

Author
item KREUZE, JAN - International Potato Center
item VAIRA, ANNA MARIA - National Research Council - Italy
item MENZEL, WULF - Leibniz Institute
item CANDRESSE, THIERRY - University Of Bordeaux
item ZARIEV, SERGEY - Russian Academy Of Sciences
item Hammond, John
item RYU, KI-HYUN - Seoul Women'S University
item REPORT CONSORTIUM, ICTV - International Committee On Taxonomy Of Viruses

Submitted to: Journal of General Virology
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/29/2020
Publication Date: 6/11/2020
Citation: Kreuze, J.F., Vaira, A., Menzel, W., Candresse, T., Zariev, S.K., Hammond, J., Ryu, K., Report Consortium, I. 2020. ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Alphaflexiviridae. Journal of General Virology. https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001436.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001436

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The family Alphaflexiviridae contains viruses with flexuous filamentous virions that are 470–800 nm or more in length and 12–13 nm in diameter. Alphaflexiviruses have a single stranded, positive sense RNA genome of 5.4–9 kb. They infect plants and plant-infecting fungi. They share a distinct lineage of alphavirus-like replication proteins that is unusual in lacking any recognized protease domain. With a single exception, cell-to-cell and long-distance movement is facilitated by triple gene block proteins in plant infecting genera. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Alphaflexiviridae which is available at www.ictv.global/report/alphaflexiviridae.