title: Asystasia mosaic Madagascar virus: a novel bipartite begomovirus infecting the weed Asystasia gangetica in Madagascar.
abstract: Here, we describe for the first time the complete genome sequence of a new bipartite begomovirus in Madagascar isolated from the weed Asystasia gangetica (Acanthaceae), for which we propose the tentative name asystasia mosaic Madagascar virus (AMMGV). DNA-A and -B nucleotide sequences of AMMGV were only distantly related to known begomovirus sequence and shared highest nucleotide sequence identity of 72.9 % (DNA-A) and 66.9 % (DNA-B) with a recently described bipartite begomovirus infecting Asystasia sp. in West Africa. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that this novel virus from Madagascar belongs to a new lineage of Old World bipartite begomoviruses.
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, Pôle de Protection des Plantes, 7 Chemin de l'IRAT, 97410, Saint-Pierre, Ile de La Réunion, France, alexandre.debruyn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Bruyn
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harimalala
authors.forename: Murielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoareau
authors.forename: Sahondramalala
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ranomenjanahary
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reynaud
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lefeuvre
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lett
mesh_terms: D027901:Acanthaceae / Q000821:virology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D053839:Begomovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D008270:Madagascar / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment