Leonardo C. Albuquerque
University of Brasília
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Archives of Virology | 2012
Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Arvind Varsani; Fernanda Rausch Fernandes; Bruna Pinheiro; Darren P. Martin; Paulo de Tarso de Oliveira Ferreira; Thaís Oliveira Lemos; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata
Tomato cultivation in Brazil is threatened by a number of tomato-infecting viruses belonging to the genus Begomovirus of the family Geminiviridae. Here, we report the full DNA-A sequences of three Brazilian begomoviruses: a potentially new tomato-infecting viruses, tomato interveinal chlorosis virus (ToICV), and two previously proposed begomoviruses for which only partial DNA-A sequences are available in the databases: tomato mottle leaf curl virus (TMoLCV) and tomato golden vein virus (TGVV). The complete sequences of the DNA-B components of TMoLCV and TGVV and the DNA-A components of a number of tomato severe rugose virus variants are also presented. Collectively, all of the analyzed sequences were phylogenetically clustered within the two major groups of Brazilian tomato-infecting begomoviruses.
Archives of Virology | 2011
Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata; Bruna Pinheiro; Simone G. Ribeiro; Renato O. Resende; Enrique Moriones; Jesús Navas-Castillo
The complete genome sequences of two monopartite begomovirus isolates (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) present in a single sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) plant collected in São Paulo, Brazil, are presented. Based on the current taxonomic criteria for the genus Begomovirus, one of the isolates was shown to represent a novel species, tentatively named Sweet potato leaf curl Sao Paulo virus (SPLCSPV). The other isolate represented a new strain of sweet potato leaf curl virus, named sweet potato leaf curl virus-Sao Paulo (SPLCV-SP). The full genome sequence of the SPLCSPV isolate shared the highest nucleotide identity (87.6%) with isolates of sweet potato leaf curl Spain virus (SPLCESV). Phylogenetic and recombination analyses were used to investigate the relationships of these isolates to other monopartite Ipomoea-infecting begomoviruses.
Archives of Virology | 2011
Fernanda Rausch Fernandes; Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Cristiane L. de Oliveira; Andréa R. R. Cruz; Wesley B. da Rocha; Talita G. Pereira; Fernanda Y. B. Naito; Natália de M. Dias; Tatsuya Nagata; Josias C. Faria; Francisco Murilo Zerbini; Francisco J. L. Aragão; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata
To date, no begomovirus has been fully characterized from Euphorbia heterophylla, a widely distributed weed, in Brazil. Here, we show the occurrence of a new begomovirus on E. heterophylla plants showing bright yellow mosaic. The bipartite viral genome was cloned from 10 samples, and all clones are almost identical to each other (95.6-98.8% nucleotide sequence identity). The DNA-A sequences shared a maximum nucleotide sequence identity of 87.3% with euphorbia mosaic Peru virus (EuMPV) and thus were classified as belonging to a novel begomovirus species, tentatively named Euphorbia yellow mosaic virus (EuYMV). The EuYMV DNA-B sequences share a maximum nucleotide sequence identity of 56.2% with a euphorbia mosaic virus (EuMV) isolate from Mexico. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that this new virus belongs to a different lineage than EuMV isolates from Central America.
Tropical Plant Pathology | 2011
Silvia de Araujo Aranha; Leonardo C. Albuquerque; L. S. Boiteux; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata
A survey of okra begomoviruses was carried out in Central Brazil. Foliar samples were collected in okra production fields and tested by using begomovirus universal primers. Begomovirus infection was confirmed in only one (#5157) out of 196 samples. Total DNA was subjected to PCR amplification and introduced into okra seedlings by a biolistic method; the bombarded DNA sample was infectious to okra plants. The DNA-A and DNA-B of isolate #5157 were cloned and their nucleotide sequences exhibited typical characteristics of New World bipartite begomoviruses. The DNA-A sequence shared 95.6% nucleotide identity with an isolate of Sida micrantha mosaic virus from Brazil and thus identified as its okra strain. The clones derived from #5157 were infectious to okra, Sida santaremnensis and to a group of Solanaceae plants when inoculated by biolistics after circularization of the isolated insert, followed by rolling circle amplification.
Tropical Plant Pathology | 2013
Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Francisco Villanueva; Renato O. Resende; Jesús Navas-Castillo; J. C. Barbosa; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata
Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV, genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae) is a whitefly-transmitted crinivirus with a bipartite RNA genome. This virus is emerging as a serious threat to tomato crops worldwide. To date, only three complete genomic sequences of ToCV have been described from North America, Spain, and Greece isolates. In this study, we present the fourth complete nucleotide sequence of the RNA 1 (8594 nt) and RNA 2 (8242 nt) components of a Brazilian ToCV isolate (ToCV-BR). The complete genome sequences of RNA 1 and RNA 2 have been deposited in the GenBank database under the accession numbers JQ952600 and JQ952601, respectively. The sequences of RNA 1 and RNA 2 shares the highest nucleotide identity of 99.6% and 99.5%, respectively, with the Greek isolate sequences. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that both RNA 1 and RNA 2 of the Brazilian isolate are most closely related to the Greek isolate of that virus. These results suggest that ToCV may have been recently introduced to Brazil from Europe.
Virus Genes | 2008
Fernanda Rausch Fernandes; Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Leonardo de B. Giordano; L. S. Boiteux; Antonio Carlos de Ávila; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata
Virus Genes | 2010
Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Darren P. Martin; Antonio Carlos de Ávila; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata
Archives of Virology | 2013
Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Silvia de Araujo Aranha; Fernanda Rausch Fernandes; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata
Tropical Plant Pathology | 2016
Júlio C. Barbosa; Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Jorge Alberto Marques Rezende; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata; Armando Bergamin Filho; Hélcio Costa
Trans-form-acao | 2010
Fernanda Rausch Fernandes; Leonardo C. Albuquerque; Alice K. Inoue-Nagata