title: Complete genome sequence of a new bipartite begomovirus infecting cotton in the Republic of Benin in West Africa.
abstract: Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a novel bipartite begomovirus isolated from cotton plants (Gossypium raimondii, Malvaceae) exhibiting light yellow mosaic symptoms. The genome sequence was determined by Illumina DNA sequencing and confirmed by Sanger sequencing of RCA-enriched, cloned circular genomic components. The DNA-A and DNA-B components were each ~2.7 kb in size, and their genome arrangement was characteristic of other Old World bipartite begomoviruses. While the DNA-A component was most closely related to tobacco leaf curl Comoros virus (TbLCKMV) at 80 %, the DNA-B component had as its closet relative soybean chlorotic blotch virus (SbCBV) at 66 %. This previously undescribed begomovirus is herein named "cotton yellow mosaic virus" (CYMV).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), P.O. Box 2123, Messa, Yaounde, Cameroon. walter.leke@fulbrightmail.org.|Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE, 19901-2277, USA. walter.leke@fulbrightmail.org.
authors.forename: Walter N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Leke
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE, 19901-2277, USA.
authors.forename: Behnam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khatabi
authors.affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), PMB 5320, Oyo road, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Djana B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Mignouna
authors.affiliation: School of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
authors.forename: Judith K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE, 19901-2277, USA.
authors.forename: Vincent N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Fondong
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D053839:Begomovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001541:Benin; D016679:Genome, Viral; D023281:Genomics; D003368:Gossypium / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins