Biology:RpYN06

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Short description: SARS-like betacoronavirus


BatCoV RpYN06
Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Genus: Betacoronavirus
Subgenus: Sarbecovirus
Species:
Strain:
BatCoV RpYN06

Bat coronavirus RpYN06 is a SARS-like betacoronavirus that infects the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pusillus. It is a close relative of SARS-CoV-2 with a 94.48% sequence identity.[1]

Phylogenetics

References

  1. Hong Zhou; Jingkai Ji; Xing Chen; Yuhai Bi; Juan Li; Tao Hu; Hao Song; Yanhua Chen et al. (8 March 2021). "Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the 2 evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses". Cell 184 (17): 4380–4391.e14. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.008. PMID 34147139. 

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