Molecular characterization of a totivirus and a partitivirus from the genus Ophiostoma

M. Doherty, K. Sanganee, Z. Kozlakidis, Robert H.A. Coutts, C. M. Brasier, K. W. Buck

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Abstract

Two fungal isolates of the genus Ophiostoma (O. minus and O. quercus) contain double-stranded RNA elements which, when partially cloned and sequenced, represent fragments of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase genes which are most closely related to those found in viruses in the families Totiviridae and Partitiviridae, respectively. This is the first description of a totivirus in the genus Ophiostoma. The partitivirus in O. quercus is distantly related to a partitivirus recently identified in O. himal-ulmi.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)188-192
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Phytopathology
Volume155
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2007

Keywords

  • DUTCH ELM DISEASE
  • totivirus
  • FUNGUS
  • double-stranded RNA
  • NOVO-ULMI
  • VIRUS-LIKE RNA
  • Ophiostoma
  • DOUBLE-STRANDED-RNA
  • DEPENDENT RNA-POLYMERASES
  • partitivirus

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