Claim · model-written summary
The viral genome was 2,644 nucleotides long.
- Taxon
- Colocasia esculenta associated mitovirus 2Colocasia esculenta associated mitovirus 2e1
- Organ / stage
- symptomatic leaf tissuese0
- Outcome
- viral genomee0
- Value
- 2,644 nucleotide-longe0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Analysis of symptomatic leaf tissues revealed a 2,644 nucleotide-long viral genome encoding a single open reading frame (ORF) for an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of 544 amino acids”
e1“The viral sequence, tentatively named Colocasia esculenta associated mitovirus 2 (CeaMV2)”
Title
Pooja Bhardwaj; Malyaj R Prajapati; Nitika Gupta; et al. International Microbiology 2026. doi:10.1007/s10123-026-00787-3
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation A novel mitovirus was identified in Colocasia esculenta.
- Observation The genome encoded a single ORF for a 544-amino-acid RdRp.
- Observation CeaMV2 had 60.76% amino acid identity with known mitoviruses, supporting novel species status.
- Observation CeaMV2 clustered with plant-associated mitoviruses within Mitoviridae.
- Observation The mitovirus-specific RdRp domain was confirmed.
- Observation RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing validated CeaMV2 in Colocasia leaves.
- Mechanism RdRp length and transcriptome expression suggest possible association with plant mitochondria.
- Observation In-silico analysis identified plant miRNAs including sbi-miR6231-3p with high affinity for CeaMV2 RdRp.
- Mechanism The predicted miRNA binding suggests a potential RNA interference role in host-virus interactions.