Avtor/Urednik		Bolatti, Elisa; Zorec, Tomaž Mark; Montani, María E.; Hošnjak, Lea; Chouhy, Diego; Viarengo, Gastón; Casal, Pablo E.; Barquez, Rubén M.; Poljak, Mario; Giri, Adriana A.
Naslov		A preliminary study of the virome of the South American free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) and identification of two novel mammalian viruses
Tip		članek
Vol. in št.		Letnik 12, št. 4
Leto izdaje		2020
Obseg		str. 1-23
ISSN		1999-4915 - Viruses
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Bats provide important ecosystem services as pollinators, seed dispersers, and/or insect controllers, but they have also been found harboring different viruses with zoonotic potential. Virome studies in bats distributed in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America have increased dramatically over the past decade, whereas information on viruses infecting South American species is scarce. We explored the virome of Tadarida brasiliensis, an insectivorous New World bat species inhabiting a maternity colony in Rosario (Argentina), by a metagenomic approach. The analysis of five pooled oral/anal swab samples indicated the presence of 43 different taxonomic viral families infecting a wide range of hosts. By conventional nucleic acid detection techniques and/or bioinformatics approaches, the genomes of two novel viruses were completely covered clustering into the Papillomaviridae (Tadarida brasiliensis papillomavirus type 1, TbraPV1) and Genomoviridae (Tadarida brasiliensis gemykibivirus 1, TbGkyV1) families. TbraPV1 is the first papillomavirus type identified in this host and the prototype of a novel genus. TbGkyV1 is the first genomovirus reported in New World bats and constitutes a new species within the genus Gemykibivirus. Our findings extend the knowledge about oral/anal viromes of a South American bat species and contribute to understand the evolution and genetic diversity of the novel characterized viruses.
Proste vsebinske oznake		Tadarida brasiliensis metagenomics bats Tadarida brasiliensis metagenomika netopirji