Complete Genome Sequence of the Largest Known Flavi-Like Virus, Diaphorina citri flavi-like virus, a Novel Virus of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri

Emilyn E Matsumura; Luca Nerva; Jared C Nigg; Bryce W Falk; Shahideh Nouri

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00946-16

Complete Genome Sequence of the Largest Known Flavi-Like Virus, Diaphorina citri flavi-like virus, a Novel Virus of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 8;4(5):e00946-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00946-16.

Authors

Emilyn E Matsumura¹, Luca Nerva², Jared C Nigg³, Bryce W Falk³, Shahideh Nouri⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California, USA Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Centro APTA Citros Sylvio Moreira, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Cordeirópolis, SP, Brazil.
² Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California, USA Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), CNR, Turin, Italy.
³ Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, California, USA snouri@ucdavis.edu.

Abstract

A novel flavi-like virus tentatively named Diaphorina citri flavi-like virus (DcFLV) was identified in field populations of Diaphorina citri through small RNA and transcriptome sequencing followed by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. We report here the complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of DcFLV, the largest flavi-like virus identified to date.

Grants and funding

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program under grant 1148897.