Candidate new rotavirus species in Schreiber's bats, Serbia

The genus Rotavirus comprises eight species designated A to H and one tentative species, Rotavirus I. In a virus metagenomic analysis of Schreiber's bats sampled in Serbia in 2014 we obtained sequences likely representing novel rotavirus species. Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysi...

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Published in:Infection, genetics and evolution genetics and evolution, 2017-03, Vol.48, p.19-26
Main Authors: Bányai, Krisztián, Kemenesi, Gábor, Budinski, Ivana, Földes, Fanni, Zana, Brigitta, Marton, Szilvia, Varga-Kugler, Renáta, Oldal, Miklós, Kurucz, Kornélia, Jakab, Ferenc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Astrovirus
Chiroptera
Chiroptera - virology
Coronavirus
Disease Reservoirs
Evolution, Molecular
Feces - virology
Gemycircularvirus
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Metagenomics
Miniopterus schreibersii
Phylogeny
Retrovirus
Rotavirus
Rotavirus - genetics
Rotavirus - isolation & purification
Semiconductor sequencing
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Serbia
Viral metagenomics
Viral Proteins - genetics
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Summary:The genus Rotavirus comprises eight species designated A to H and one tentative species, Rotavirus I. In a virus metagenomic analysis of Schreiber's bats sampled in Serbia in 2014 we obtained sequences likely representing novel rotavirus species. Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis classified the representative strain into a tentative tenth rotavirus species, we provisionally called Rotavirus J. The novel virus shared a maximum of 50% amino acid sequence identity within the VP6 gene to currently known members of the genus. This study extends our understanding of the genetic diversity of rotaviruses in bats. •Viral metagenomic analysis identified numerous eukaryotic viruses in bat guano.•Whole genome sequencing was performed to characterize a novel rotavirus strain.•This novel rotavirus strain likely represents a new rotavirus species, provisionally named Rotavirus J.
ISSN:1567-1348
1567-7257
DOI:10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.002