Since only one genus is currently recognized, the genus description corresponds to the family description.
Benyviruses are distinguished by coat protein sequences of less than 90% amino acid identity, distant serological relations and distinct host ranges.
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:
Acosta-Leal, R., Bryan, B. K., Smith, J. T. & Rush, C. M. (2010). Breakdown of host resistance by independent evolutionary lineages of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus involves a parallel c/u mutation in its p25 gene. Phytopathology 100, 127-133. [PubMed]
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David Gilmer*
Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, Integrative virology
Université de Strasbourg
CNRS, IBMP UPR 2357
12 rue du Général Zimmer
F-67000 Strasbourg
France
E-mail: [email protected]
David Gilmer and Claudio Ratti
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Gilmer et al., (2017):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Benyviridae, Journal of General Virology, 98: 1571–1572.
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:
Amari, K., A. Lerich, C. Schmitt-Keichinger, V. V. Dolja and C. Ritzenthaler (2011). Tubule-guided cell-to-cell movement of a plant virus requires class XI myosin motors. PLoS Pathog 7: e1002327. [PubMed]
