Scotophilus Bat coronavirus 512

Scotophilus Bat coronavirus 512
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Subfamily: Coronavirinae
Genus: Alphacoronavirus
Species: Scotophilus Bat coronavirus 512

Scotophilus Bat coronavirus 512 is a novel enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus species in the Alphacoronavirus, or Group 1, genus with a corona-like morphology.[1][2] It was isolated from a Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat discovered in southern China.

Genome

Sc-BatCoV-512 shares a common evolutionary origin in the spike protein of Bat-SARS CoV. This spike protein shares similar deletions with group 2 coronaviruses in the C-terminus.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512)". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Patrick C. Y. Wooa, Susanna K. P. Laua, Carol S. F. Lama, Candy C. Y. Laua, Alan K. L. Tsanga,et al. Discovery of Seven Novel Mammalian and Avian Coronaviruses in the Genus Deltacoronavirus Supports Bat Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and Avian Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus. J. Virol. April 2012 vol. 86 no. 7 3995-4008
  3. ↑ Lau SK, Woo PC, Li KS, Huang Y, Wang M, Lam CS, Xu H, Guo R, Chan KH, Zheng BJ, Yuen KY. Complete genome sequence of bat coronavirus HKU2 from Chinese horseshoe bats revealed a much smaller spike gene with a different evolutionary lineage from the rest of the genome. Virology. 2007 Oct 25;367(2):428-39. Epub 2007 Jul 6.
  4. ↑ "Discovery of Seven Novel Mammalian and Avian Coronaviruses in the Genus Deltacoronavirus Supports Bat Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and Avian Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus". Jvi.asm.org. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2013-09-16.

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