The complete genome sequence of a novel legume closterovirus from Norfolk Island

Abstract A novel species in the genus Closterovirus , family Closteroviridae , has been identified by high throughput sequencing in legume samples collected during plant pathogen surveys on Norfolk Island in 2014. The complete genome sequence of 16,815 nucleotides was obtained from a French bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) plant with symptoms of interveinal chlorosis in the older leaves. Complete or near complete coding sequences for the 10 open reading frames were also obtained from a second French bean plant, and batch samples of white clover ( Trifolium repens ) and pea ( Pisum sativum ). All isolates shared 99.7–99.9% nucleotide identity, indicating they are members of the same virus species.