title: Bidens mosaic virus is a member of the Potato virus Y species.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the genomic 3' terminal region (1,702 bases) of two Brazilian Bidens mosaic virus isolates (BiMV: BiMV-p and BiMV-b) was determined. BiMV-p and BiMV-b share 98% nucleotide sequence identity, and are most closely related to members of the potyvirus species: Sunflower chlorotic mottle virus (an isolate of Potato virus Y) and Potato virus Y. BiMV-p shares 88% capsid protein amino acid identity and 77% 3'UTR nucleotide sequence identity with SuCMoV an isolate of Sunflower chlorotic mottle virus. Phylogenetic analyses suggest the close evolutionary relationship of BiMV, SuCMoV and Potato virus Y (PVY), members of the PVY species. According to the analyses of capsid protein and 3'UTR sequences BiMV isolates must be regarded as a strain of Potato virus Y species, but their differences in host reactions and the phylogenetic distance suggest that they would be most likely better placed in a taxon between species and strains.
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Hortaliças, C. Postal 218, 70359-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil. alicenag@cnph.embrapa.br
authors.forename: Alice Kazuko
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Inoue-Nagata
authors.forename: Priscila Amorim
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Luisa Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Dutra
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D031176:Bidens / Q000821:virology*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D009029:Mosaic Viruses / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D017800:Potyvirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics