title: Complete genome sequence of a novel zantedeschia mild mosaic virus isolate: the first report from Australia and from Alocasia sp.
abstract: The complete genome of an Australian isolate of zantedeschia mild mosaic virus (ZaMMV) causing mosaic symptoms on Alocasia sp. (designated ZaMMV-AU) was cloned and sequenced. The genome comprises 9942 nucleotides (excluding the poly-A tail) and encodes a polyprotein of 3167 amino acids. The sequence is most closely related to a previously reported ZaMMV isolate from Taiwan (ZaMMV-TW), with 82 and 86 % identity at the nucleotide and amino acid level, respectively. Unlike the amino acid sequence of ZaMMV-TW, however, ZaMMV-AU does not contain a polyglutamine stretch at the N-terminus of the coat-protein-coding region upstream of the DAG motif. This is the first report of ZaMMV from Australia and from Alocasia sp.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4001, Australia.|Holetta National Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Dawit B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kidanemariam
authors.affiliation: Holetta National Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Adane D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Amit C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Sukal
authors.affiliation: Biosciences for Eastern and Central Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI Hub), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Holton
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4001, Australia.
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: James
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4001, Australia. r.harding@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9600-7287
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Harding
mesh_terms: D031055:Alocasia / Q000821:virology*; D001315:Australia; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D016679:Genome, Viral; D009029:Mosaic Viruses / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins