First Report of the Complete Genome Sequences of Anemone Mosaic Virus and Ranunculus Mild Mosaic Virus Isolated From Anemone Imported From the Netherlands

Abstract The anemone mosaic virus (AnMV) and ranunculus mild mosaic virus (RanMMV) infects the anemone plant with characteristic mosaic patterns on leaves. Two complete genome sequences of the two viruses imported from the Netherlands, were determined based on deep sequencing for the first time. Each of AnMV and RanMMV had 9,698 and 9,537 nucleotides (nt), excluding the poly(A) tail. They shared 80.0% nt/amino acid (aa) sequence identities or more, which are above the species demarcation value, with only AnMV and RanMMV reported previously in coat protein region, but having 68.0% nt/aa sequence identities or less with other potyviruses in each coding region of the complete sequences. Additionally, phylogenetic analysis showed that AnMV and RanMMV were included in other known potyviruses. These results suggest that both of AnMV and RanMMV were independent species belonging to the genus Potyvirus.