Emaravirus

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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] The genus has 21 species.

Emaravirus
Symptoms of "Fig mosaic emaravirus" on fig leaves
Electron micrograph of European mountain ash ringspot-associated emaravirus and genome (bar = 100 nm)
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Fimoviridae
Genus: Emaravirus
Species

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Structure

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Virions of this genus are between 80 and 100 nm and consists of an enveloped ribonucleocapsid that exhibits helical symmetry.[citation needed]

Genome

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The genomes are segmented, consisting of four strands of negative-sense single-stranded RNA.[citation needed]

Phylogenetics

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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 Bunyavirales order), 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

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The following species are recognized:[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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