Candidate new rotavirus species in Schreiber's bats, Serbia

Bányai, Krisztián and Kemenesi, Gábor and Budinski, Ivana and Földes, Fanni and Zana, Brigitta and Marton, Szilvia and Varga-Kugler, Renáta and Oldal, Miklós and Kurucz, Kornélia and Jakab, Ferenc (2017) Candidate new rotavirus species in Schreiber's bats, Serbia. INFECTION, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 48. pp. 19-26. ISSN 1567-1348

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Abstract

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 amaximumof 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.

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