title: Algerian watermelon mosaic virus (AWMV): a new potyvirus species in the PRSV cluster.
abstract: A potyvirus was isolated from a naturally infected squash plant in Algeria in 1986. Biological and serological data have revealed that the virus, initially described as H4, is related to other cucurbit-infecting potyviruses, particularly Moroccan watermelon mosaic virus (MWMV) and Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV). To establish unequivocally the taxonomic status of H4, its full-length genome sequence was established. H4 shared identities of 70% and 65% at the amino acid level with MWMV and PRSV, respectively, indicating that H4 is a distinct species of the PRSV cluster. The name Algerian watermelon mosaic virus (AWMV) is proposed for this new potyvirus species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Immunologie et Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire, El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Soumaya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yakoubi
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lecoq
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desbiez
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D028464:Cucurbita / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D017800:Potyvirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid