Emaravirus is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect plants. The plant virus group is the sole genus in the family Fimoviridae.[1]
Structure
Virions of this genus are between 80 and 100 nm and consists of an enveloped ribonucleocapsid that exhibits helical symmetry.[citation needed]
Genome
The genomes are segmented, consisting of four strands of negative-sense single-stranded RNA.[citation needed]
Phylogenetics
Emaravirus has the closest phylogenetic relationship with members of the genera Orthotospovirus and Orthobunyavirus. The 3' and 5' ends of the genomic RNAs are complementary (similar to viruses of the Bunyaviricetes class), with the sequence 5'-AGUAGUGUUCUCC-3' at the 5' terminus and 5'-GGAGUUCACUACU-3' at the 3' terminus. However, the number of genome segments and gene sequences distinguishes emaraviruses from bunyaviruses and tenuiviruses.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species:[2][3]
- Emaravirus aceris, Maple mottle-associated virus
- Emaravirus actinidiae, Actinidia chlorotic ringspot-associated virus
- Emaravirus ailanthi, Ailanthus crinkle leaf-associated virus
- Emaravirus artemisiae, Artemisia fimovirus 1
- Emaravirus cajani, Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus 1
- Emaravirus camelliae, Camellia japonica-associated virus 1
- Emaravirus cercidis, Redbud yellow ringspot-associated virus
- Emaravirus chrysanthemi, Chrysanthemum mosaic-associated virus
- Emaravirus clematis, Clematis yellow mottle-associated virus
- Emaravirus cordylinae, Ti ringspot-associated virus
- Emaravirus corynocarpi, Karaka Okahu purepure emaravirus
- Emaravirus fici, Fig mosaic virus
- Emaravirus fraxini, Ash shoestring-associated virus
- Emaravirus idaeobati, Raspberry leaf blotch virus
- Emaravirus illicii, Japanese star anise ringspot-associated virus
- Emaravirus kiwii, Actinidia virus 2
- Emaravirus kudzu, Pueraria lobata-associated emaravirus
- Emaravirus parkinsoniae, Palo verde broom virus
- Emaravirus perillae, Perilla mosaic virus
- Emaravirus pistaciae, Pistacia virus B
- Emaravirus populi, Aspen mosaic-associated virus
- Emaravirus pyri, Pear chlorotic leaf spot-associated virus
- Emaravirus quercus, Common oak ringspot-associated virus
- Emaravirus rosae, Rose rosette virus
- Emaravirus rubi, Blackberry leaf mottle-associated virus
- Emaravirus sorbi, European mountain ash ringspot-associated virus
- Emaravirus syringae, Lilac chlorotic ringspot-associated virus
- Emaravirus toordali, Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus 2
- Emaravirus tritici, High Plains wheat mosaic virus
- Emaravirus verbanni, Camellia japonica-associated virus 2
- Emaravirus visci, Arceuthobium sichuanense-associated virus 1
- Emaravirus vitis, Vitis emaravirus
- Emaravirus ziziphi, Jujube yellow mottle-associated virus
References
- ^ Elbeaino, T; Digiaro, M; Mielke-Ehret, N; Muehlbach, HP; Martelli, GP; Ictv Report, Consortium (November 2018). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Fimoviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 99 (11): 1478–1479. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001143. PMID 30204080.
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Genus: Emaravirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
External links
Data related to Emaravirus at Wikispecies
- ICTV report: Fimoviridae
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