ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Bromoviridae. (13th June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bujarski, Joseph; Gallitelli, Donato; García-Arenal, Fernando; Pallás, Vicente; Palukaitis, Peter; Reddy, M. Krishna; Wang, Aiming; Report Consortium, ICTV
• Is Part Of: Journal of general virology. Volume 100:Number 10(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-06-13
• Subjects: ICTV Report -- Taxonomy -- Bromoviridae; Virology -- Periodicals; Viruses; Microbiology; Virology; Virologie -- Périodiques; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Virology; Virologie; Virologie; Electronic journals; Periodical; Periodicals; 579.2
• DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001282
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1317

Abstract

Abstract : Bromoviridae is a family of plant viruses with tri-segmented, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genomes of about 8 kb in total. Genomic RNAs are packaged in separate virions that may also contain subgenomic, defective or satellite RNAs. Virions are variable in morphology (spherical or bacilliform) and are transmitted between hosts mechanically, in/on the pollen and non-persistently by insect vectors. Members of the family are responsible for major disease epidemics in fruit, vegetable and fodder crops such as tomato, cucurbits, bananas, fruit trees and alfalfa. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Bromoviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/bromoviridae .