Taxonomic reorganization of family Partitiviridae and other recent progress in partitivirus research

verfasst von

Max L. Nibert, Said A. Ghabrial, Edgar Maiss, Till Lesker, Eeva J. Vainio, Daohong Jiang, Nobuhiro Suzuki

Abstract

Phylogenetic analyses have prompted a taxonomic reorganization of family Partitiviridae (encapsidated, bisegmented dsRNA viruses that infect plants, fungi, or protozoa), the focus of this review. After a brief introduction to partitiviruses, the taxonomic changes are discussed, including replacement of former genera Partitivirus, Alphacryptovirus, and Betacryptovirus, with new genera Alphapartitivirus, Betapartitivirus, Gammapartitivirus, and Deltapartitivirus, as well as redistribution of species among these new genera. To round out the review, other recent progress of note in partitivirus research is summarized, including discoveries of novel partitivirus sequences by metagenomic approaches and mining of sequence databases, determinations of fungal partitivirus particle structures, demonstrations of fungal partitivirus transmission to new fungal host species, evidence for other aspects of partitivirus-host interactions and host effects, and identification of other fungal or plant viruses with some similarities to partitiviruses. Some outstanding questions are also discussed.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Abteilung Phytomedizin

Externe Organisation(en)

Harvard University
University of Kentucky
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Huazhong Agricultural University
Okayama University

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

Virus research

Band

188

Seiten

128-141

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

0168-1702

Publikationsdatum

08.08.2014

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Virologie, Infektionskrankheiten, Krebsforschung

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2014.04.007 (Zugang: Geschlossen)