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Research Project: Development of Novel Disease Control Strategies Based on Virus and Viroid Biology

Location: Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory

Title: Create two new species in the genus Tymovirus and one new species in the genus Marafivirus (Tymovirales; Tymoviridae)

Author
item Hammond, Rosemarie
item ABRAHAMIAN, PETER - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
item HAENNI, ANNE-LISE - Jacques Monod Institute
item Mollov, Dimitre
item NAGATA, TATSUYA - University Of Brazil
item SABANADZOVIC, SEAD - Mississippi State University

Submitted to: International Committee on Viral Taxonomy
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/12/2022
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: The plant virus family Tymoviridae comprises the genera Tymovirus, Marafivirus, and Maculavirus. Members of the family share certain chacteristics which distinguish them from other plant viruses. Based on the species demarcation criteria established to identify and create new virus species, this taxonomic proposal describes three novel viruses from naranjilla and sorghum that are related but distinct from current members of the family Tymoviridae. Accordingly, we propose creation of three new species, two in the genus Tymovirus and one in the genus Marafivirus, to classify these viruses.

Technical Abstract: This taxonomic proposal describes three novel viruses from naranjilla and sorghum that are related but distinct from current members of the family Tymoviridae. Accordingly, we propose creation of three new species, two in the genus Tymovirus and one in the genus Marafivirus, to classify these viruses.