DESCRIPTION OF VIRUSES

Family Comoviridae

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Table 1 Sizes of comovirus genomes in nucleotides.

Genus (species)

RNA-1

RNA-2

Comovirus

5,900-7,200

3,500-4,500


(CPMV)*

(5,889)

(3,481)

Fabavirus

6,000-6,300

3,900-4,500

(PatMMV)*

(3,591)

Nepovirus

7,200-8,400

3,900-7,200

(BRSV)*

(7,356)

(4,662)

*; genome size values for Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), Patchouli mild mosaic virus (PatMMV) and Beet ringspot virus (BRSV) refer to sizes exclusive of poly(A) tract.