The Comoviridae

The virus family Comoviridae contains three genera of viruses:the Comoviruses, the Fabaviruses, and the Nepovirusus

These viruses make crystaline inclusions (above) and vacuolate inclusions (below) in infected plants.

Comovirus inclusions (squash mosic) (Pictures taken from "Light and Electron Microscopy of Plant Virus Inclusions" by R. G. Christie and J. R. Edwardson)

Fabavirus inclusions (broadbean wilt virus) (Pictures courtesty of Lisa Breman, DPI)

Nepovirus inclusions (tobacco ringspot)

(Picture above taken from "Light and Electron Microscopy of Plant Virus Inclusions" by R. G. Christie and J. R. Edwardson. Picture below courtesty of Lisa Breman, DPI)


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