Cryptic Viruses in the Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sabanadzovic S and Ghanem-Sabanadzovic NA. 2013. Cryptic Viruses in the Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Phytopathology. 103(6)
ABSTRACT: During the study of viruses infecting flora in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) we identified and characterized a number of phytoviruses belongning to different extant taxa of plant and/or mycoviruses. Among them, the most numerous were cryptic viruses. Novel species were characterized from Angelica sp., Ranunculus sp., Vitis sp., Viburnum sp., and other plant hosts. All of them were characterized by the genome consisiting of two molecules of monocistronic double stranded RNAs, approximately 1.4-1.6 kbp in size, coding for RNA dependent RNA polymerase and viral coat protein. Phylogenetic analyses confirmed their mutual relationships as well as close evolutionary history with the known members of the fam. Partitiviridae.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Sabanadzovic, Sead; Ghanem-Sabanadzovic, N
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, ATBI, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00421, SER, Southeast Region, vascular plants, viruses