Limited potexvirus diversity in eastern Gulf of Mexico seagrass meadows.

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Turtlegrass virus X, which infects the seagrass Thalassia testudinum, is the only potexvirus known to infect marine flowering plants. We investigated potexvirus distribution in seagrasses using a degenerate reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay originally designed to capture potexvirus diversity in terrestrial plants. The assay, which implements Potex-5 and Potex-2RC primers, successfully...

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