Article
Characterization of yam virus X isolates from Dioscorea trifida in Brazil.
BMC research notes - 2 Sept 2026
Araújo Cintia Paula Feitosa Souza, Knierim Dennis, de Oliveira Saulo Alves Santos, Blawid Rosana, Margaria Paolo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Yam virus X (YVX; Potexvirus ecsdioscoreae) is a positive-sense, flexuous RNA virus belonging to the family Alphaflexiviridae. It has been first reported from Guadeloupe, a French archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea. In this study, we investigated the virome in yam (Dioscorea spp.) plant material collected in the state of Bahia (Brazil) by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) on Illumina platform. The...
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- Brazil
- Dioscorea
- Genome, Viral
- Phylogeny
- Genetic Variation
- Potexvirus
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
