A new badnavirus was identified in an ornamental camellia tree with yellow mottle symptom. The complete circular double-stranded DNA genome of this virus was found to consist of 8,203 bp. Its genome organization is typical of badnaviruses, containing three open reading frames (ORFs). ORFs 1 and 2 encode putative proteins with unknown functions. ORF3 encodes a large polyprotein that contains almost all of the conserved domains of badnaviruses. The virus shares 55-62% nucleotide sequence identities with other badnaviruses in the RT+RNase H region. Phylogenetic analyses placed it in group I of the genus Badnavirus. Therefore, this virus, which is tentatively named “camellia Lemon Glow virus”, should represent a new species of the genus Badnavirus. This virus was found to be present in approximately a quarter of camellia trees tested.

在观赏的山茶树中发现了一种新的狂犬病病毒，呈黄色斑点状。发现该病毒的完整环状双链DNA基因组由8,203 bp组成。它的基因组组织是典型的犬病毒，包含三个开放阅读框（ORF）。ORF 1和2编码功能未知的推定蛋白质。ORF3编码一种大的多蛋白，其中包含几乎所有的腺病毒的保守结构域。该病毒与RT + RNase H区域中的其他巴达那病毒具有55-62％的核苷酸序列同一性。系统发育分析将其置于Badnavirus属I组中。因此，该病毒暂定名为“山茶柠檬发光病毒”，应该代表一种新的巴德纳病毒属。。发现该病毒存在于大约四分之一测试的山茶树中。