The complete genome sequence of a novel legume closterovirus from Norfolk Island

Abstract

A novel species in the genus Closterovirus, family Closteroviridae, has been identified by high throughput sequencing in legume samples collected during plant pathogen surveys on Norfolk Island in 2014. The complete genome sequence of 16,815 nucleotides was obtained from a French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plant with symptoms of interveinal chlorosis in the older leaves. Complete or near complete coding sequences for the 10 open reading frames were also obtained from a second French bean plant, and batch samples of white clover (Trifolium repens) and pea (Pisum sativum). All isolates shared 99.7–99.9% nucleotide identity, indicating they are members of the same virus species.