Mixed infection in tomato to ensure frequent generation of a natural reassortant between two subgroups of Cucumber mosaic virus
Mixed infection in tomato to ensure frequent generation of a natural reassortant between two subgroups of Cucumber mosaic virus
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DOI:
10.1007/s11262-009-0414-6
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发表时间:
2010-02
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
T. Maoka;Y. Hayano;M. Iwasaki;Koji Yoshida;C. Masuta
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作者:
T. Maoka;Y. Hayano;M. Iwasaki;Koji Yoshida;C. Masuta
Cucumber mosaic virus(CMV) is divided into subgroups I (sub-I) and II (sub-II). Isolate CMV-PF, which had been isolated from tomato by single lesion isolation (SLI), was classified in sub-II by serology, but it had the pathogenicity of sub-I CMVs. Sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analyses showed that CMV-PF was actually a reassortant CMV isolate containing RNAs 1 and 2 from sub-I and RNA 3 from sub-II (I, I, and II). A subgroup-specific reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (SS-RT–PCR) was devised to detect reassortants between sub-I and sub-II. Six primer sets specific to genomic RNAs were designed for each subgroup, and those primer sets successfully amplified their target RT–PCR products. Of 38 natural CMV isolates, two isolates (nos. 9-7 and 27-3) contained mixed RNAs of both subgroups. SLI-progenies of 9-7 were subsequently isolated by SLI usingVigna unguiculataand analyzed by SS-RT–PCR; they were found to be a reassortant containing RNAs 1 and 2 from sub-I and RNA 3 from sub-II (I, I, and II). Although natural reassortants between CMV subgroups were thought to be infrequent based on previous observations, we readily found two isolates of a reassortant (I, I, and II) in different tomato fields, implying that tomato may act as a reservoir of mixed infection in the generation of a CMV reassortant perhaps by aphids.