ICTV Virus taxonomy profile: Caulimoviridae

Pierre Yves Teycheney, Andrew D.W. Geering, Idranil Dasgupta, Roger Hull, Jan F. Kreuze, Ben Lockhart, Emmanuelle Muller, Neil Olszewski, Hanu Pappu, Mikhail M. Pooggin, Katja R. Richert-Pöggeler, James E. Schoelz, Susan Seal, Livia Stavolone, Marie Umber

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Abstract

Caulimoviridae is a family of non-enveloped reverse-transcribing plant viruses with non-covalently closed circular dsDNA genomes of 7.1-9.8 kbp in the order Ortervirales. They infect a wide range of monocots and dicots. Some viruses cause economically important diseases of tropical and subtropical crops. Transmission occurs through insect vectors (aphids, mealybugs, leafhoppers, lace bugs) and grafting. Activation of infectious endogenous viral elements occurs in Musa balbisiana, Petunia hybrida and Nicotiana edwardsonii. However, most endogenous caulimovirids are not infectious. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Caulimoviridae, which is available at ictv. global/ report/ caulimoviridae.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1025-1026
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of General Virology
Volume101
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 17 2020

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Keywords

  • Caulimoviridae
  • ICTV Report
  • Taxonomy

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