Acta virologica

Identification of a novel member of the family Betaflexiviridae from the hallucinogenic plant Salvia divinorum.

Acta virologica 2019 C J Goh, Y Hahn 4 citations

Betaflexiviridae is a family of plant-infecting RNA viruses with 11 recognized genera, of which genomes have diverse organization with three to six open reading frames (ORFs). A genome sequence of a novel Betaflexiviridae species, named Salvia divinorum RNA virus 1 (SdRV1), was identified in Salvia divinorum, herbal mint plant with hallucinogenic properties. The SdRV1 genome was predicted to...