Notes on Genus: Botrexvirus

flexuous filaments

Type member: Botrytis virus X

Contents

• Members of this Genus
• General Description
• Morphology
• Electron Micrograph
• Genome
• Genus Genomic Organization
• Genome Map
• Type Member Genomic Organization
• All Known Sequences
• Curated Sequences

General Description

This is a mycovirus genus in the family Alphaflexiviridae. The name is derived from the type (and only) member, Botrytis virus X.

Morphology

Virions filamentous, flexuous, not enveloped, about 720 nm long and 12-13 nm in diameter.

Genome

Monopartite, linear, polyadenylated ssRNA of about 7 kb.

Genus Genomic Organization

Five open reading frames have been identified.

Type Member Genomic Organization

The genome is believed to encode five proteins:

1.	158.2 kDa	Replication protein
2.	30.1 kDa	Unknown function
3.	43.5 kDa	Coat protein
4.	13.9 kDa	Unknown function
5.	14.3 kDa	Unknown function