Illumina Sequencing Reveals the First Near-Complete Genome Sequence of Ugandan Passiflora Virus

E K Mbeyagala; S Maina; M W Macharia; S B Mukasa; T Holton

doi:10.1128/MRA.00358-19

Illumina Sequencing Reveals the First Near-Complete Genome Sequence of Ugandan Passiflora Virus

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 May 16;8(20):e00358-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00358-19.

Authors

E K Mbeyagala¹, S Maina², M W Macharia³, S B Mukasa⁴, T Holton³

Affiliations

¹ National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NARO-NaSARRI), Serere, Uganda kmbeyagala@gmail.com.
² Agriculture Victoria, Horsham, Victoria, Australia.
³ Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Abstract

Here, we present the first near-complete genome of Ugandan Passiflora virus (UPV) sequenced from a symptomatic sample of KH7 passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) variety. UPV had limited amino acid identity with other potyviruses known to cause passion fruit woodiness disease (PWD). The closest relationship (71.2% amino acid similarity) was with Bean common mosaic necrosis virus.