Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty about aspects of its origin, in recent years there has been an increased interest in investigating coronaviruses in wild animals. Bats are hosts of the greatest diversity of coronaviruses to date, including the ancestors of viruses that have caused ou...
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| author | Molina, Cesar L. Magalhães, Meylling M. Rodrigues, A.C. Taniwaki, Sueli Akemi de Souza Silva, Sheila Oliveira Konig, Guido Alberto Brandão, Paulo Eduardo |
| author_browse | Brandão, Paulo Eduardo Konig, Guido Alberto Magalhães, Meylling M. Molina, Cesar L. Rodrigues, A.C. Taniwaki, Sueli Akemi de Souza Silva, Sheila Oliveira |
| author_facet | Molina, Cesar L. Magalhães, Meylling M. Rodrigues, A.C. Taniwaki, Sueli Akemi de Souza Silva, Sheila Oliveira Konig, Guido Alberto Brandão, Paulo Eduardo |
| author_sort | Molina, Cesar L. |
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| description | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty about aspects of its origin, in recent years there has been an increased interest in investigating coronaviruses in wild animals. Bats are hosts of the greatest diversity of coronaviruses to date, including the ancestors of viruses that have caused outbreaks in humans. Although in Brazil, information on coronaviruses in bats has expanded, still they remain unrepresentative. To help shed some light on this matter, we collected 175 samples from bats of different species from two Brazilian states. Here, we report the previously unknown presence of an alphacoronavirus in a bat (Molossus sp.) from Ceará. The phylogenetic analysis showed close relationships with alphacoronaviruses from Brazil and Argentina, but it was not possible to determine the subgenus or species of this virus using RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) domain of the nsp12 protein-coding sequence as it was distant from the specimens considered by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Finally, by performing High-Throughput Sequencing, we were able to find contigs mostly belonging to domains of the replicase of bat coronaviruses related to American bats of the Molossidae and Vespertilionidae families. |
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| spelling | INTA227912025-06-25T13:29:31Z Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.) Molina, Cesar L. Magalhães, Meylling M. Rodrigues, A.C. Taniwaki, Sueli Akemi de Souza Silva, Sheila Oliveira Konig, Guido Alberto Brandão, Paulo Eduardo Chiroptera Alphacoronavirus High-throughput Sequencing Phylogenetic Analysis Brazil Secuenciación de Alto Rendimiento Análisis Filogenético Brasil Molossus Murciélago Bats Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty about aspects of its origin, in recent years there has been an increased interest in investigating coronaviruses in wild animals. Bats are hosts of the greatest diversity of coronaviruses to date, including the ancestors of viruses that have caused outbreaks in humans. Although in Brazil, information on coronaviruses in bats has expanded, still they remain unrepresentative. To help shed some light on this matter, we collected 175 samples from bats of different species from two Brazilian states. Here, we report the previously unknown presence of an alphacoronavirus in a bat (Molossus sp.) from Ceará. The phylogenetic analysis showed close relationships with alphacoronaviruses from Brazil and Argentina, but it was not possible to determine the subgenus or species of this virus using RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) domain of the nsp12 protein-coding sequence as it was distant from the specimens considered by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Finally, by performing High-Throughput Sequencing, we were able to find contigs mostly belonging to domains of the replicase of bat coronaviruses related to American bats of the Molossidae and Vespertilionidae families. Instituto de Biotecnología Fil: Molina, Cesar L. University of São Paulo. School of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health; Brasil Fil: Magalhães, Meylling M. State University of Ceará. Postgraduate Program in Veterinary Sciences. Faculty of Veterinary; Brasil Fil: Rodrigues, A. C. Federal University of São Carlos. Postgraduate Program in Fauna Conservation (PPGCFAU). Mammalian Systematics Laboratory; Brasil Fil: Taniwaki, Sueli Akemi. University of São Paulo. School of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health; Brasil Fil: de Souza Silva, Sheila Oliveira. University of São Paulo. School of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health; Brasil Fil: Konig, Guido Alberto. University of São Paulo. School of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health; Brasil Fil: Konig, Guido Alberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular; Argentina Fil: Konig, Guido Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Brandão, Paulo Eduardo. University of São Paulo. School of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health; Brasil 2025-06-25T13:18:25Z 2025-06-25T13:18:25Z 2025-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22791 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-025-10236-w 1432-1432 0022-2844 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10236-w eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Journal of Molecular Evolution 93 (2) : 257-266 (April 2025) |
| spellingShingle | Chiroptera Alphacoronavirus High-throughput Sequencing Phylogenetic Analysis Brazil Secuenciación de Alto Rendimiento Análisis Filogenético Brasil Molossus Murciélago Bats Molina, Cesar L. Magalhães, Meylling M. Rodrigues, A.C. Taniwaki, Sueli Akemi de Souza Silva, Sheila Oliveira Konig, Guido Alberto Brandão, Paulo Eduardo Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.) |
| title | Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.) |
| title_full | Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.) |
| title_fullStr | Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.) |
| title_short | Detection of an Alphacoronavirus in a Brazilian Bat (Molossus sp.) |
| title_sort | detection of an alphacoronavirus in a brazilian bat molossus sp |
| topic | Chiroptera Alphacoronavirus High-throughput Sequencing Phylogenetic Analysis Brazil Secuenciación de Alto Rendimiento Análisis Filogenético Brasil Molossus Murciélago Bats |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22791 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-025-10236-w https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10236-w |
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