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01.062.0.85.001. Atropa belladonna virus

Cite this publication as: ICTVdB Management (2006). 01.062.0.85.001. Atropa belladonna virus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA

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Table of Contents

Isolate Description

Location: Germany.

Host of Isolate and Habitat Details
Source of isolate: Atropa belladonna.

Natural host and symptoms
Atropa belladonna — symptoms unknown (found only in complex with other viruses).

Reference to Isolation Report
Lesemann (1972).

Classification

This is a description of a plant virus at the species level.

ICTVdB Virus Code: 01.062.0.85.001. Virus accession number: 62085001. Obsolete virus code: 62.U.P.0.001; superceded accession number: 62up0001.

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

ICTV approved acronym: AtBV. Virus has not been assigned to a particular genus. Virus is of the genus Nucleorhabdovirus in the family 01.062. Rhabdoviridae; order 01. Mononegavirales.

Virion Properties

Morphology

Virions consist of an envelope and a nucleocapsid. Virus capsid is enveloped. Virions are bullet-shaped. Virions measure 55 nm in diameter; 110 nm in length. Capsid/nucleocapsid is elongated with helical symmetry. The nucleocapsid is uncoiled filamentous, or cylindrical (coiled).

Nucleic Acid

The genome is not segmented and contains a single molecule of linear single-stranded RNA.

Proteins

The viral genome encodes structural proteins and non-structural proteins.

Replication cycle Virions accumulate in the cell nucleus.

Diagnostics and Reference Collections

The best tests for diagnosis are often found in plants also containing Belladonna mottle virus and Henbane mosaic virus but can be distinguished from these most quickly by electron microscopy.

Biological Properties

Natural Host

Domain
Viral hosts belong to the Domain Eucarya.

Domain Eucarya
Kingdom Plantae.

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Angiosperms, Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledonae).

Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledonae)
Subclass ASTERIDAE.

Experimental Hosts and Symptoms

Susceptible host species are found in the Family Solanaceae. The following species were susceptible to experimental virus infection: Atropa belladonna.

Geographical Distribution

The virus is found, but with no evidence of proliferation, in Germany.

References

Lesemann, D.-E. (1972). Phytopath. Z. 73: 83. The following generic references are cited in the most recent ICTV Report.
VIDEdB, the plant virus database developed at the Australian National University by Adrian J. Gibbs and collaborators, contains an earlier description with the number 51 by A.A. Brunt, 1991.

Taxonomic Proposals and Changes

A taxonomic proposal has been submitted to the ICTV by the Plant Virus Subcommittee at the meeting in San Diego, March 1998 to move the taxon from its unclassified position. The proposal has been approved at the meeting of the Executive Committee in San Diego, 1998, the taxon has been accepted as tentative member (of the Genus Nucleorhabdovirus).



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