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Torralba B, Blanc S, Michalakis Y. Reassortments in single-stranded DNA multipartite viruses: Confronting expectations based on molecular constraints with field observations. Virus Evol 2024; 10:veae010. [PMID: 38384786 PMCID: PMC10880892 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veae010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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Single-stranded DNA multipartite viruses, which mostly consist of members of the genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae, and all members of the family Nanoviridae, partly resolve the cost of genomic integrity maintenance through two remarkable capacities. They are able to systemically infect a host even when their genomic segments are not together in the same host cell, and these segments can be separately transmitted by insect vectors from host to host. These capacities potentially allow such viruses to reassort at a much larger spatial scale, since reassortants could arise from parental genotypes that do not co-infect the same cell or even the same host. To assess the limitations affecting reassortment and their implications in genome integrity maintenance, the objective of this review is to identify putative molecular constraints influencing reassorted segments throughout the infection cycle and to confront expectations based on these constraints with empirical observations. Trans-replication of the reassorted segments emerges as the major constraint, while encapsidation, viral movement, and transmission compatibilities appear more permissive. Confronting the available molecular data and the resulting predictions on reassortments to field population surveys reveals notable discrepancies, particularly a surprising rarity of interspecific natural reassortments within the Nanoviridae family. These apparent discrepancies unveil important knowledge gaps in the biology of ssDNA multipartite viruses and call for further investigation on the role of reassortment in their biology.
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- Babil Torralba
- PHIM, Université Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Avenue du Campus d’Agropolis - ZAC de Baillarguet, Montpellier 34980, France
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- PHIM, Université Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Avenue du Campus d’Agropolis - ZAC de Baillarguet, Montpellier 34980, France
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- MIVEGEC, Université Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 911, Avenue Agropolis, Montpellier 34394, France
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Chakraborty S, Dutta S, Barman M, Samanta S, Sarkar KP, Poorvasandhya R, Tarafdar J. Detection and in silico characterization of banana bunchy top virus in West Bengal, India: relevance to global genetic diversity and population structure. Virusdisease 2023; 34:221-235. [PMID: 37408554 PMCID: PMC10317949 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-023-00815-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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Banana bunchy top disease is one of the major prevailing virus diseases associated with banana cultivation, spreading rapidly within a small scale of time. Till date there are only few extensive reports of completely sequenced isolates in India. A study was conducted to detect BBTV infection across 12 districts in West Bengal (WB) where extensive prevalence of the disease was ascertained. In silico characterization of the six genome components were accomplished which showed 84.90-99.86% similarity with other BBTV isolates reported worldwide. The phylogenetic analysis based upon DNA R and DNA S suggested formation of monophyletic cluster of majority of the WB isolates and its close association with Tripura, Manipur, Australia and Africa isolates indicating diversion from geographical differentiation. Dynamics of evolutionary pattern such as genetic diversity including Tajima's D test and Fu Li's Fs test, average number of nucleotide differences (K), Polymorphic sites (S); Fst distance; Mismatch distribution plot; Haplotype network, and selection pressure were performed based upon geographical distribution of the virus. Population genetics analysis of both Pacific Indian Ocean group and South East Asian group of the global BBTV population revealed low nucleotide diversity, high haplotype diversity, high gene flow within the group, and negative or purifying selection constraint indicating recent population expansion. Hence, this study portrays Indian subcontinent as the possible hotspot for rapid demographic expansion from a small virus population size, contributing valuable addition to the currently available information on BBTV worldwide. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13337-023-00815-0.
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- Swati Chakraborty
- Department of Plant Pathology, B.C.K.V, Nadia, West Bengal 741252 India
- School of Agriculture, Seacom Skills University, Kendradangal, Birbhum, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, B.C.K.V, Nadia, West Bengal 741252 India
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- Department of Agricultural Entomology, B.C.K.V, Nadia, West Bengal 741252 India
- School of Agricultural Sciences, GD Goenka University, Sohna, Gurugram, Delhi NCR, India
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- Department of Agricultural Entomology, B.C.K.V, Nadia, West Bengal 741252 India
- School of Agriculture & Allied Science, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, India
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- Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi 110012 India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, B.C.K.V, Nadia, West Bengal 741252 India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, B.C.K.V, Nadia, West Bengal 741252 India
- Directorate of Research, B.C.K.V, Kalyani, 741235 India
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Zhou J, Hu X, Vieira P, Atha B, McFarland C, Foster JA, Hurtado-Gonzales OP. Molecular characterization of horse nettle virus A, a new member of subgroup B of the genus Nepovirus. Arch Virol 2023; 168:86. [PMID: 36773166 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-023-05708-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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A new positive-strand RNA virus was discovered in a horse nettle plant, using high-throughput sequencing (HTS), and its complete genome, consisting of RNA1 and RNA2, which are 7522 and 4710 nucleotides in length, respectively, was characterized. Each genome segment contains a single open reading frame flanked by 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs), followed by a poly(A) tail at the 3' end. The encoded proteins have the highest amino acid sequence identity (55% and 45%) to the polyprotein encoded by RNA1 of tomato black ring virus (TBRV) and RNA2 of potato virus B (PVB), respectively. Its genome organization and phylogenetic relationship to other nepoviruses suggested that this virus is a novel member of subgroup B, and recombination analysis revealed its evolutionary history within the subgroup. These results suggest the new virus, provisionally named "horse nettle virus A", represents a new species within the genus Nepovirus.
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- Jing Zhou
- USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.,Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness, and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, 78363, USA.,USDA-ARS U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC, 29414, USA
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- USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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- USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.,Biocompare, San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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Banana cultivation has increased significantly over the last century to meet the growing demand for this popular fruit. Originating in Southeast Asia, bananas are now produced in >135 different countries in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Most of this expansion of production is based on a single banana variety, Cavendish, which makes up almost all the export trade grown in large-scale monocultures and a large part of the local trade and represents >40% of all bananas grown globally. Over the last century several major diseases of the banana have emerged and widely expanded their geographic ranges. Cultivars within the Cavendish variety are highly susceptible to these diseases, including yellow Sigatoka, black leaf streak, Eumusae leaf spot, freckle, Fusarium wilt tropical race 4, banana bunchy top, and the bacterial wilts Moko, Xanthomonas wilt, and banana Blood disease. This review graphically illustrates the emergence and rapid intercontinental spread of these diseases and discusses several major disease epidemics in bananas. Evidently, the large-scale monoculture based on the single variety Cavendish has resulted in an extreme level of genetic vulnerability. The resistance to diversification in the Cavendish production chain and the lack of investment in genetics and plant breeding in the recent past means that currently limited genetic solutions are available to replace the Cavendish banana with a set of market acceptable resistant varieties from a range of different genetic backgrounds.
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- André Drenth
- Centre for Horticultural Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Wageningen University and Research, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Baldodiya GM, Baruah G, Borah BK, Modi MK, Nath PD. Molecular characterization and sequence analyses of Banana bunchy top virus infecting banana cultivar Jahaji (Dwarf Cavendish) in Assam, India. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:110. [PMID: 30863694 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1636-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Several isolates of Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) have been reported worldwide. They are members of either the Pacific Indian Ocean (PIO) or the South East Asian (SEA) group. However, there is only one completely sequenced isolate published from the northeastern part of India till date. Therefore, we obtained the complete sequences of all the six genomic components of a BBTV isolate from the northeastern Indian state of Assam. The isolate was named as BBTV-As-JOR, and its genome showed the presence of the reported conserved motifs. Nevertheless, like other Indian BBTV isolate, the major common regions in DNA-R and DNA-U3 of BBTV-As-JOR had deletions of 26 and 36 nucleotides, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on 312 sequences of BBTV DNA-R classified BBTV-As-JOR as a member of the PIO group; similar phylogenetic patterns were also found with the other genomic segments. Analysis with Recombination Detection Program revealed two intra-segment recombination events involving DNA-C of geographically distinct BBTV isolates. On the other hand, DNA-U3 and DNA-N were found to be involved in few inter-segment recombination events in BBTV-As-JOR. This is the first report of a BBTV isolate from Assam and also of another PIO isolate from the region (the other isolate, BBTV-Umiam, was much closer to the SEA group). The detected possible recombinants could emerge as a major future threat for the banana cultivations in the country considering the asexual nature of propagation of banana crop.
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- Gajendra Mohan Baldodiya
- 1Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013 India
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- 1Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013 India
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- 1Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013 India
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- 1Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013 India
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- 2Department of Plant Pathology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013 India
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Knierim D, Barrière Q, Grigoras I, Winter S, Vetten HJ, Schwinghamer M, Thomas J, Chu P, Gronenborn B, Timchenko T. Subterranean Clover Stunt Virus Revisited: Detection of Two Missing Genome Components. Viruses 2019; 11:v11020138. [PMID: 30720711 PMCID: PMC6410307 DOI: 10.3390/v11020138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Subterranean clover stunt virus (SCSV) is a type species of the genus Nanovirus in the family Nanoviridae. It was the first single-stranded DNA plant virus with a multipartite genome, of which genomic DNA sequences had been determined. All nanoviruses have eight genome components except SCSV, for which homologs of two genome components present in all other nanovirus genomes, DNA-U2 and DNA-U4, were lacking. We analysed archived and more recent samples from SCSV-infected legume plants to verify its genome composition and found the missing genome components. These results indicated that SCSV also has eight genome components and is a typical member of the genus Nanovirus.
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- Dennis Knierim
- Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), Inhoffenstraße 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Tamworth Agricultural Institute, 4 Marsden Park Road, Calala, NSW 2340, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, QAAFI, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
- Megalong Crescent, Harrison, ACT 2914, Australia.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR9198, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, CEA, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Varsani A, Lefeuvre P, Roumagnac P, Martin D. Notes on recombination and reassortment in multipartite/segmented viruses. Curr Opin Virol 2018; 33:156-166. [PMID: 30237098 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2018.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Besides evolving through nucleotide substitution, viruses frequently also evolve by genetic recombination which can occur when related viral variants co-infect the same cells. Viruses with segmented or multipartite genomes can additionally evolve via the reassortment of genomic components. Various computational techniques are now available for identifying and characterizing recombination and reassortment. While these techniques have revealed both that all well studied segmented and multipartite virus species show some capacity for reassortment, and that recombination is common in many multipartite species, they have indicated that recombination is either rare or does not occur in species with segmented genomes. Reassortment and recombination can make it very difficult to study segmented/multipartite viruses using metagenomics-based approaches. Notable challenges include, both the accurate identification and assignment of genomic components to individual genomes, and the differentiation between natural 'real' recombination events and artifactual 'fake' recombination events arising from the inaccurate de novo assembly of genome component sequences determined using short read sequencing.
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- Arvind Varsani
- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA; Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- CIRAD, BGPI, Montpellier, France; BGPI, INRA, CIRAD, SupAgro, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Computational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine. University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
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Kumar P, Arun V, Lokeswari TS. Cloning of BBTV (Banana Bunchy Top Virus) components and screening of BBTV using functionalized gold nanoparticles. 3 Biotech 2017; 7:225. [PMID: 28677087 PMCID: PMC5496936 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-017-0849-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) affects all varieties of banana plants and causes heavy economic loss in most of the banana cultivating areas. The BBTV genome comprises of six DNA components; in this study, we have cloned the six BBTV-DNA components from one of the BBTV-infected plants (Tri-8) and were submitted to GenBank. Analysis of the BBTV DNA-R component showed that it belonged to south Pacific group. Resistance against BBTV has not been observed so far in banana plants and removal and killing of the infected plants has been routinely practiced. Hence, early detection of BBTV infection would be desirable and various detection methods routinely employed include enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (antigen-antibody based) and molecular-based methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), qPCR, or LAMP PCR. Most of these methods require enzymes or antibodies for detection and hence are expensive. Here, we report a visual detection method (AuNP probe assay) using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) functionalized with an ssDNA-thiolated probe (CR1). This method is based on the hybridization of the functionalized AuNPs with the target DNA (BBTV). In the AuNP probe assay, the functionalized AuNPs retains red colour when BBTV DNA is present, and in the absence of BBTV DNA, the colour of the functionalized AuNPs changes to purple when salt is added. The AuNP probe assay was compared with PCR for the detection of banana plants and it was found that AuNP probe assay was better than PCR in detecting BBTV infection (86.5% for AuNP probe assay and 65% for PCR). The AuNP probe assay was found to be highly specific to BBTV and was found to detect up to 1 pg/μl of the plasmid (pTZBBTri 4, BBTV DNA) mixed with healthy banana DNA.
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- P Kumar
- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600116, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600116, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600116, India
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Complete genomic characterization of milk vetch dwarf virus isolates from cowpea and broad bean in Anhui province, China. Arch Virol 2017; 162:2437-2440. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-017-3348-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Multipartite viruses have one of the most puzzling genetic organizations found in living organisms. These viruses have several genome segments, each containing only a part of the genetic information, and each individually encapsidated into a separate virus particle. While countless studies on molecular and cellular mechanisms of the infection cycle of multipartite viruses are available, just as for other virus types, very seldom is their lifestyle questioned at the viral system level. Moreover, the rare available “system” studies are purely theoretical, and their predictions on the putative benefit/cost balance of this peculiar genetic organization have not received experimental support. In light of ongoing progresses in general virology, we here challenge the current hypotheses explaining the evolutionary success of multipartite viruses and emphasize their shortcomings. We also discuss alternative ideas and research avenues to be explored in the future in order to solve the long-standing mystery of how viral systems composed of interdependent but physically separated information units can actually be functional.
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Low genetic diversity of Banana bunchy top virus, with a sub-regional pattern of variation, in Democratic Republic of Congo. Virus Genes 2016; 52:900-905. [PMID: 27550369 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-016-1383-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), belonging to the genus Babuvirus, is the most devastating and widespread banana virus. Banana and plantain are major crops in terms of household income and food security in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite the large area under banana and plantain cultivation in the country, before this study, the genetic characterization of BBTV isolates had only been undertaken for two provinces. In the study presented here, genetic variation in BBTV was assessed from 52 BBTV isolates collected in five out of 11 provinces in DRC (Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Katanga, Kinshasa and Kasaï Oriental) and in two provinces using sequences previously described in databases. Full genome sequencing of DNA-R components was performed, revealing low genetic variation (98-100 % nucleotide identity) among the BBTV isolates detected. The phylogenetic analyses showed that all the DRC isolates were clustered in the South Pacific clade of BBTV. Based on the coding region for the replication initiator protein, haplotype diversity was estimated to be 0.944 ± 0.013, with 30 haplotypes from 68 isolates in DRC. Such diversity shows a haplotype distribution mainly at the sub-regional level in DRC. In addition, the sequence determination from the whole genome of selected isolates confirmed low genetic variation among isolates from seven DRC provinces (97-100 % nucleotide identity). This study strengthened the hypothesis of a single BBTV introduction some time ago, followed by the spread of the virus in the country.
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Male MF, Kraberger S, Stainton D, Kami V, Varsani A. Cycloviruses, gemycircularviruses and other novel replication-associated protein encoding circular viruses in Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) faeces. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 39:279-292. [PMID: 26873064 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Viral metagenomic studies have demonstrated that animal faeces can be a good sampling source for exploring viral diversity associated with the host and its environment. As part of an continuing effort to identify novel circular replication-associated protein encoding single-stranded (CRESS) DNA viruses circulating in the Tongan archipelago, coupled with the fact that bats are a reservoir species of a large number of viruses, we used a metagenomic approach to investigate the CRESS DNA virus diversity in Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) faeces. Faecal matter from four roosting sites located in Ha'avakatolo, Kolovai, Ha'ateiho and Lapaha on Tongatapu Island was collected in April 2014 and January 2015. From these samples we identified five novel cycloviruses representing three putative species, 25 gemycircularviruses representing at least 14 putative species, 17 other CRESS DNA viruses (15 putative species), two circular DNA molecules and a putative novel multi-component virus for which we have identified three cognate molecules. This study demonstrates that there exists a large diversity of CRESS DNA viruses in Pacific flying fox faeces.
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- Maketalena F Male
- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand; Structural Biology Research Unit, Division of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7700, South Africa; Department of Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
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Identification and in silico characterisation of defective molecules associated with isolates of banana bunchy top virus. Arch Virol 2016; 161:1019-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-015-2736-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Stainton D, Martin DP, Muhire BM, Lolohea S, Halafihi M, Lepoint P, Blomme G, Crew KS, Sharman M, Kraberger S, Dayaram A, Walters M, Collings DA, Mabvakure B, Lemey P, Harkins GW, Thomas JE, Varsani A. The global distribution of Banana bunchy top virus reveals little evidence for frequent recent, human-mediated long distance dispersal events. Virus Evol 2015; 1:vev009. [PMID: 27774281 PMCID: PMC5014477 DOI: 10.1093/ve/vev009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV; family Nanoviridae, genus Babuvirus) is a multi-component single-stranded DNA virus, which infects banana plants in many regions of the world, often resulting in large-scale crop losses. We analyzed 171 banana leaf samples from fourteen countries and recovered, cloned, and sequenced 855 complete BBTV components including ninety-four full genomes. Importantly, full genomes were determined from eight countries, where previously no full genomes were available (Samoa, Burundi, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the USA [HI]). Accounting for recombination and genome component reassortment, we examined the geographic structuring of global BBTV populations to reveal that BBTV likely originated in Southeast Asia, that the current global hotspots of BBTV diversity are Southeast Asia/Far East and India, and that BBTV populations circulating elsewhere in the world have all potentially originated from infrequent introductions. Most importantly, we find that rather than the current global BBTV distribution being due to increases in human-mediated movements of bananas over the past few decades, it is more consistent with a pattern of infrequent introductions of the virus to different parts of the world over the past 1,000 years.
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- Daisy Stainton
- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Forests and Fisheries, Kingdom of Tonga
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- Bioversity International Uganda Office, Naguru, Kampala, Uganda
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- Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- South African National Bioinformatics Institute, MRC Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity Development, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
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- KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- South African National Bioinformatics Institute, MRC Unit for Bioinformatics Capacity Development, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
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- The University of Queensland, Centre for Plant Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Ecosciences Precinct, PO Box 46, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand; Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Kraberger S, Argüello-Astorga GR, Greenfield LG, Galilee C, Law D, Martin DP, Varsani A. Characterisation of a diverse range of circular replication-associated protein encoding DNA viruses recovered from a sewage treatment oxidation pond. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2015; 31:73-86. [PMID: 25583447 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Our knowledge of circular replication-associated protein encoding single-stranded (CRESS) DNA virus diversity has increased dramatically in recent years, largely due to advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies. These viruses are apparently major virome components in most terrestrial and aquatic environments and it is therefore of interest to determine their diversity at the interfaces between these environments. Treated sewage water is a particularly interesting interface between terrestrial and aquatic viromes in that it is directly pumped into waterways and is likely to contain virus populations that have been strongly impacted by humans. We used a combination of high-throughput sequencing, full genome PCR amplification, cloning and Sanger sequencing to investigate the diversity of CRESS DNA viruses present in a sewage oxidation pond. Using this approach, we recovered 50 putatively complete novel CRESS viral genomes (it remains possible that some are components of multipartite viral genomes) and 11 putatively sub-genome-length circular DNA molecules which may be either defective genomes or components of multipartite genomes. Thirteen of the genomes have bidirectional genome organisations and share similar conserved replication-associated protein (Rep) motifs to those of the gemycircularviruses: a group that in turn is most closely related to the geminiviruses. The remaining 37 viral genomes share very low degrees of Rep similarity to those of all other known CRESS DNA viruses. This number of highly divergent CRESS DNA virus genomes within a single sewage treatment pond further reinforces the notion that there likely exist hundreds of completely unknown genus/family level CRESS DNA virus groupings.
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- Simona Kraberger
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, 78216 San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- The Laboratories, Christchurch City Council, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Computational Biology Group, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand; Electron Microscope Unit, Division of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701 Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
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Wei J, Liu H, Liu F, Zhu M, Zhou X, Xing D. Miniaturized paper-based gene sensor for rapid and sensitive identification of contagious plant virus. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:22577-84. [PMID: 25412341 DOI: 10.1021/am506695g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Plant viruses cause significant production and economic losses in the agricultural industry worldwide. Rapid and early identification of contagious plant viruses is an essential prerequisite for the effective control of further spreading of infection. In this work, we describe a miniaturized paper-based gene sensor for the rapid and sensitive identification of a contagious plant virus. Our approach makes use of hybridization-mediated target capture based on a miniaturized lateral flow platform and gold nanoparticle colorimetric probes. The captured colorimetric probes on the test line and control line of the gene sensor produce characteristic red bands, enabling visual detection of the amplified products within minutes without the need for sophisticated instruments or the multiple incubation and washing steps performed in most other assays. Quantitative analysis is realized by recording the optical intensity of the test line. The sensor was used successfully for the identification of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV). The detection limit was 0.13 aM of gene segment, which is 10 times higher than that of electrophoresis and provides confirmation of the amplified products. We believe that this simple, rapid, and sensitive bioactive platform has great promise for warning against plant diseases in agricultural production.
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- Jitao Wei
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510631, China
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Kumar PL, Selvarajan R, Iskra-Caruana ML, Chabannes M, Hanna R. Biology, etiology, and control of virus diseases of banana and plantain. Adv Virus Res 2014; 91:229-69. [PMID: 25591881 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2014.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Banana and plantain (Musa spp.), produced in 10.3 million ha in the tropics, are among the world's top 10 food crops. They are vegetatively propagated using suckers or tissue culture plants and grown almost as perennial plantations. These are prone to the accumulation of pests and pathogens, especially viruses which contribute to yield reduction and are also barriers to the international exchange of germplasm. The most economically important viruses of banana and plantain are Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), a complex of banana streak viruses (BSVs) and Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV). BBTV is known to cause the most serious economic losses in the "Old World," contributing to a yield reduction of up to 100% and responsible for a dramatic reduction in cropping area. The BSVs exist as episomal and endogenous forms are known to be worldwide in distribution. In India and the Philippines, BBrMV is known to be economically important but recently the virus was discovered in Colombia and Costa Rica, thus signaling its spread into the "New World." Banana and plantain are also known to be susceptible to five other viruses of minor significance, such as Abaca mosaic virus, Abaca bunchy top virus, Banana mild mosaic virus, Banana virus X, and Cucumber mosaic virus. Studies over the past 100 years have contributed to important knowledge on disease biology, distribution, and spread. Research during the last 25 years have led to a better understanding of the virus-vector-host interactions, virus diversity, disease etiology, and epidemiology. In addition, new diagnostic tools were developed which were used for surveillance and the certification of planting material. Due to a lack of durable host resistance in the Musa spp., phytosanitary measures and the use of virus-free planting material are the major methods of virus control. The state of knowledge on BBTV, BBrMV, and BSVs, and other minor viruses, disease spread, and control are summarized in this review.
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- P Lava Kumar
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Oyo Road, PMB 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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- National Research Center for Banana, Tiruchirapalli, PIN # 620102, TN, India
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Asymmetric patterns of reassortment and concerted evolution in Cardamom bushy dwarf virus. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2014; 24:15-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Grigoras I, Ginzo AIDC, Martin DP, Varsani A, Romero J, Mammadov AC, Huseynova IM, Aliyev JA, Kheyr-Pour A, Huss H, Ziebell H, Timchenko T, Vetten HJ, Gronenborn B. Genome diversity and evidence of recombination and reassortment in nanoviruses from Europe. J Gen Virol 2014; 95:1178-1191. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.063115-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The recent identification of a new nanovirus, pea necrotic yellow dwarf virus, from pea in Germany prompted us to survey wild and cultivated legumes for nanovirus infections in several European countries. This led to the identification of two new nanoviruses: black medic leaf roll virus (BMLRV) and pea yellow stunt virus (PYSV), each considered a putative new species. The complete genomes of a PYSV isolate from Austria and three BMLRV isolates from Austria, Azerbaijan and Sweden were sequenced. In addition, the genomes of five isolates of faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV) from Azerbaijan and Spain and those of four faba bean necrotic stunt virus (FBNSV) isolates from Azerbaijan were completely sequenced, leading to the first identification of FBNSV occurring in Europe. Sequence analyses uncovered evolutionary relationships, extensive reassortment and potential remnants of mixed nanovirus infections, as well as intra- and intercomponent recombination events within the nanovirus genomes. In some virus isolates, diverse types of the same genome component (paralogues) were observed, a type of genome complexity not described previously for any member of the family Nanoviridae. Moreover, infectious and aphid-transmissible nanoviruses from cloned genomic DNAs of FBNYV and BMLRV were reconstituted that, for the first time, allow experimental reassortments for studying the genome functions and evolution of these nanoviruses.
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- Ioana Grigoras
- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria (INIA), Carretera de La Coruna Km. 7.0, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Computational Biology Group, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Electron Microscope Unit, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
- School of Biological Sciences and Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria (INIA), Carretera de La Coruna Km. 7.0, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Department of Fundamental Problems of Biological Productivity, Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 40 Badamdar Highway, Baku AZ 1073, Azerbaijan
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- Department of Fundamental Problems of Biological Productivity, Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 40 Badamdar Highway, Baku AZ 1073, Azerbaijan
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- Department of Fundamental Problems of Biological Productivity, Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 40 Badamdar Highway, Baku AZ 1073, Azerbaijan
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- Lehr- und Forschungszentrum für Landwirtschaft (LFZ) Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Versuchsstation Lambach/Stadl-Paura, 4651 Stadl-Paura, Austria
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- Julius Kühn Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Institut für Epidemiologie und Pathogendiagnostik, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Julius Kühn Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Institut für Epidemiologie und Pathogendiagnostik, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette, France
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Savory FR, Varma V, Ramakrishnan U. Identifying geographic hot spots of reassortment in a multipartite plant virus. Evol Appl 2014; 7:569-79. [PMID: 24944570 PMCID: PMC4055178 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Reassortment between different species or strains plays a key role in the evolution of multipartite plant viruses and can have important epidemiological implications. Identifying geographic locations where reassortant lineages are most likely to emerge could be a valuable strategy for informing disease management and surveillance efforts. We developed a predictive framework to identify potential geographic hot spots of reassortment based upon spatially explicit analyses of genome constellation diversity. To demonstrate the utility of this approach, we examined spatial variation in the potential for reassortment among Cardamom bushy dwarf virus (CBDV; Nanoviridae, Babuvirus) isolates in Northeast India. Using sequence data corresponding to six discrete genome components for 163 CBDV isolates, a quantitative measure of genome constellation diversity was obtained for locations across the sampling region. Two key areas were identified where viruses with highly distinct genome constellations cocirculate, and these locations were designated as possible geographic hot spots of reassortment, where novel reassortant lineages could emerge. Our study demonstrates that the potential for reassortment can be spatially dependent in multipartite plant viruses and highlights the use of evolutionary analyses to identify locations which could be actively managed to facilitate the prevention of outbreaks involving novel reassortant strains.
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- Fiona R Savory
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TATA Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TATA Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TATA Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore, India
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Richter KS, Kleinow T, Jeske H. Somatic homologous recombination in plants is promoted by a geminivirus in a tissue-selective manner. Virology 2014; 452-453:287-96. [PMID: 24606706 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Revised: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Four transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana lines carrying different reporter gene constructs based on split glucuronidase genes were used to monitor the frequency of somatic homologous recombination after geminivirus infections. Euphorbia mosaic virus and Cleome leaf crumple virus were chosen as examples, because they induce only mild symptoms and are expected to induce less general stress responses than other geminiviruses. After comparing the different plant lines and viruses as well as optimizing the infection procedure, Euphorbia mosaic virus enhanced recombination rates significantly in the transgenic reporter line 1445. The effect was tissue-specific in cells of the leaf veins as expected for this phloem-limited virus. The advantage for geminiviruses to activate a general recombination pathway is discussed with reference to an increased fitness by generating virus recombinants which have been observed frequently as an epidemiologic driving force.
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- K S Richter
- Biologisches Institut, Abteilung für Molekularbiologie und Virologie der Pflanzen, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Biologisches Institut, Abteilung für Molekularbiologie und Virologie der Pflanzen, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Biologisches Institut, Abteilung für Molekularbiologie und Virologie der Pflanzen, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Banerjee A, Roy S, Behere GT, Roy SS, Dutta SK, Ngachan SV. Identification and characterization of a distinct banana bunchy top virus isolate of Pacific-Indian Oceans group from North-East India. Virus Res 2014; 183:41-9. [PMID: 24468493 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Banana bunch top virus (BBTV) is considered to be a serious threat to banana production. A new isolate of the virus (BBTV-Umiam) was identified and characterized from local banana mats growing in mid-hills of Meghalaya in North-East India. The complete nucleotide sequence analysis revealed the presence of six full-length ssDNA components (DNA R, DNA U3, DNA S, DNA M, DNA C and DNA N) sharing major common region (CR-M) and a stem-loop common region (CR-SL). BBTV-Umiam showed a unique deletion of 20 nucleotides in the intergenic region of DNA R, the absence of predicted open reading frame (ORF) in DNA U3 and probability for a small ORF in DNA U3 expecting functional evidence at transcriptional level. Phylogenetic analysis based on 88 complete nucleotide sequence of BBTV DNA R available in GenBank generated two broad clusters of Pacific-Indian Oceans (PIO) and South-East Asian (SEA) groups including BBTV-Umiam within PIO cluster. However, BBTV-Umiam was identified as the most distinct member of the PIO group with 100% bootstrap support. This was further supported by the phylogenetic grouping of each genomic component of BBTV-Umiam at the distant end of PIO group during clustering of 21 complete BBTV sequences. BBTV-Umiam shared relatively less nucleotide identity with PIO group for each genomic component (85.0-95.4%) and corresponding ORF (93.8-97.5%) than that of earlier PIO isolates (91.5-99.6% and 96.0-99.3%, respectively). Recombination analysis revealed two intra-component and five inter-component recombination events in BBTV-Umiam, but none of them was unique. Moreover, the isolate was identified as major parental sequence for intra-component recombination event spanning the replication-associated protein encoding region in Tongan BBTV DNA R. The current study indicated differential evolution of BBTV in North-East India (Meghalaya). The natural occurrence of hybrids of Musa balbisiana and M. acuminata in this geographically isolated region could be the contributing factor in accumulating genetic distinctiveness in BBTV-Umiam which need further characterization.
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- Amrita Banerjee
- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam 793 013, Meghalaya, India.
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- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Umiam 793 013, Meghalaya, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam 793 013, Meghalaya, India
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- ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre, Lamphelpat 795 004, Manipur, India
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- ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib 796 081, Mizoram, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam 793 013, Meghalaya, India
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Hull R. Replication of Plant Viruses. PLANT VIROLOGY 2014. [PMCID: PMC7184227 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-384871-0.00007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Viruses replicate using both their own genetic information and host cell components and machinery. The different genome types have different replication pathways which contain controls on linking the process with translation and movement around the cell as well as not compromising the infected cell. This chapter discusses the replication mechanisms, faults in replication and replication of viruses co-infecting cells. Viruses replicate using both their own genetic information and host cell components and machinery. The different genome types have different replication pathways which contain controls on linking the process with translation and movement around the cell as well as not compromising the infected cell. This chapter discusses the replication mechanisms, faults in replication and replication of viruses coinfecting cells.
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Wang HI, Chang CH, Lin PH, Fu HC, Tang C, Yeh HH. Application of motif-based tools on evolutionary analysis of multipartite single-stranded DNA viruses. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71565. [PMID: 23936517 PMCID: PMC3735576 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Multipartite viruses contain more than one distinctive genome component, and the origin of multipartite viruses has been suggested to evolve from a non-segmented wild-type virus. To explore whether recombination also plays a role in the evolution of the genomes of multipartite viruses, we developed a systematic approach that employs motif-finding tools to detect conserved motifs from divergent genomic regions and applies statistical approaches to select high-confidence motifs. The information that this approach provides helps us understand the evolution of viruses. In this study, we compared our motif-based strategy with current alignment-based recombination-detecting methods and applied our methods to the analysis of multipartite single-stranded plant DNA viruses, including bipartite begomoviruses, Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) (consisting of 6 genome components) and Faba bean necrotic yellows virus (FBNYV) (consisting of 8 genome components). Our analysis revealed that recombination occurred between genome components in some begomoviruses, BBTV and FBNYV. Our data also show that several unusual recombination events have contributed to the evolution of BBTV genome components. We believe that similar approaches can be applied to resolve the evolutionary history of other viruses.
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- Hsiang-Iu Wang
- Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Research Center for Plant Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Networks of evolutionary interactions underlying the polyphyletic origin of ssDNA viruses. Curr Opin Virol 2013; 3:578-86. [PMID: 23850154 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2013.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Revised: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Viruses with single-stranded (ss) DNA genomes infect hosts from all three domains of life and are present in all imaginable environments. Many new ssDNA viruses have been recently isolated, including those infecting algae, fungi, insects and even archaea. In parallel, culture-independent metagenomic approaches have illuminated the tremendous genetic diversity of these viruses, yielding valuable insights into their evolution. Here, I integrate this knowledge to propose a scenario in which certain groups of ssDNA viruses (including Geminiviridae, Circoviridae, Parvoviridae and Microviridae) have originated from plasmids via acquisition of jelly-roll capsid protein genes from ssRNA viruses. This scenario places structurally related viruses with DNA and RNA genomes into an evolutionary continuum and highlights general evolutionary trends in the virosphere.
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Leal É, Villanova FE, Lin W, Hu F, Liu Q, Liu Y, Cui S. Interclade recombination in porcine parvovirus strains. J Gen Virol 2012; 93:2692-2704. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.045765-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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A detailed analysis of the Ns1/Vp1Vp2 genome region of the porcine parvovirus (PPV) strains isolated from vaccinated animals was performed. We found many inconsistencies in the phylogenetic trees of these viral isolates, such as low statistical support and strains with long branches in the phylogenetic trees. Thus, we used distance-based and phylogenetic methods to distinguish de facto recombinants from spurious recombination signals. We found a mosaic virus in which the Ns1 gene was acquired from one PPV clade and the Vp1Vp2 gene was acquired from a distinct phylogenetic clade. We also described the interclade mosaic structure of the Vp1Vp2 gene of a reference strain. If recombination is an adaptive mechanism over the course of PPV evolution, we would likely observe increasing numbers of chimeric strains over time. However, when the PPV sequences isolated from 1964 to 2011 were analysed, only two chimeric strains were detected. Thus, PPV recombination is an independent event, resulting from close contact between animals housed in high-density conditions.
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- Élcio Leal
- Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Division of Swine Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- Division of Swine Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- Division of Swine Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Division of Swine Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of CAAS, Heilongjiang, PR China
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Shekhawat UKS, Ganapathi TR, Hadapad AB. Transgenic banana plants expressing small interfering RNAs targeted against viral replication initiation gene display high-level resistance to banana bunchy top virus infection. J Gen Virol 2012; 93:1804-1813. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.041871-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The banana aphid-transmitted Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) is the most destructive viral pathogen of bananas and plantains worldwide. Lack of natural sources of resistance to BBTV has necessitated the exploitation of proven transgenic technologies for obtaining BBTV-resistant banana cultivars. In this study, we have explored the concept of using intron-hairpin-RNA (ihpRNA) transcripts corresponding to viral master replication initiation protein (Rep) to generate BBTV-resistant transgenic banana plants. Two ihpRNA constructs namely ihpRNA-Rep and ihpRNA-ProRep generated using Rep full coding sequence or Rep partial coding sequence together with its 5′ upstream regulatory region, respectively, and castor bean catalase intron were successfully transformed into banana embryogenic cells. ihpRNA-Rep- and ihpRNA-ProRep-derived transgenic banana plants, selected based on preliminary screening for efficient reporter gene expression, were completely resistant to BBTV infection as indicated by the absence of disease symptoms after 6 months of viruliferous aphid inoculation. The resistance to BBTV infection was also evident by the inability to detect cDNAs coding for viral coat protein, movement protein and Rep protein by RT-PCR from inoculated transgenic leaf extracts. Southern analysis of the two groups of transgenics showed that ihpRNA transgene was stably integrated into the banana genome. The detection of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) derived from the ihpRNA transgene sequence in transformed BBTV-resistant plants positively established RNA interference as the mechanism underlying the observed resistance to BBTV. Efficient screening of optimal transformants in this vegetatively propagated non-segregating fruit crop ensured that all the transgenic plants assayed were resistant to BBTV infection.
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- Upendra K. S. Shekhawat
- Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India
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- Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India
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- Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India
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