ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Potyviridae

Wylie, S.J.ORCID: 0000-0002-5639-7460, Adams, M., Chalam, C., Kreuze, J., López-Moya, J.J., Ohshima, K., Praveen, S., Rabenstein, F., Stenger, D., Wang, A. and Zerbini, F.M. (2017) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Potyviridae. Journal of General Virology, 98 (3). pp. 352-354.

Abstract

The Potyviridae is the largest family of RNA plant viruses, members of which have single-stranded, positive-sense RNA genomes and flexuous filamentous particles 680–900 nm long and 11–20 nm wide. There are eight genera, distinguished by the host range, genomic features and phylogeny of the member viruses. Genomes range from 8.2 to 11.3 kb, with an average size of 9.7 kb. Most genomes are monopartite but those of members of the genus Bymovirus are bipartite. Some members cause serious disease epidemics in cultivated plants. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Potyviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/potyviridae.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation(s):	Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre
Publisher:	Microbiology Society
Copyright:	© 2017 Microbiology Society
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/36372

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