The genus description corresponds to the family description, taking account of minor differences in the genome organization including variations in the structure of ORF3 encoding the transmembrane glycoproteins.
Peter J. Walker, Jeff A. Cowley, Xuan Dong, Jie Huang, Nick Moody and John Ziebuhr
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Walker et al., (2021):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Roniviridae, Journal of General Virology, 102 (1): 001514
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Atabekov, J., E. Dobrov, O. Karpova and N. Rodionova (2007). Potato virus X: structure, disassembly and reconstitution. Mol. Plant Pathol. 8: 667-675. [PubMed]
Martelli, G. P., M. J. Adams, J. F. Kreuze and V. V. Dolja (2007). Family Flexiviridae: a case study in virion and genome plasticity. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 45: 73-100. [PubMed]
Jan F. Kreuze*
Alphaflexiviridae Study Group Chair
International Potato Center (CIP)
Apartado 1558
Lima 12
Peru
E-mail: j.kreuze@cgiar.org
Anna Maria Vaira
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, CNR
73 Strada delle Cacce
10135 Torino
Italy
E-mail: annamaria.vaira@ipsp.cnr.it
Potexviruses have relatively short virions (<700 nm) and their genomes have only five ORFs. Potexviruses infect herbaceous hosts and have no known vectors.
