Tobacco mosaic virus is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus species in the genus Tobamovirus that infects a wide range of plants, especially tobacco and other members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, producing mosaic-like mottling and discoloration on leaves. It was the first virus ever discovered: the disease it causes was known from the late nineteenth century, a virus was identified as the cause in 1930, and the virus was later crystallized by Wendell Meredith Stanley. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. GBIF Species API
2. Tobacco mosaic virus (Wikipedia)
- Wikidata Q332874 (P225 taxon name)
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Although it was known from the late 19th century that a non-bacterial infectious disease was damaging tobacco crops, it was not until 1930 that the infectious agent was determined to be a virus.
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