Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 explained

Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 (Bat-CoV 512) is an 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

• Murinae
• Zoonosis

External links

• http://www.emro.who.int/emhj-volume-19-2013/volume-19-supplement-1-coronavirus/volume-19-supplement-1-coronavirus.html (World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, supplement on coronavirus)
• Tajima M . Morphology of transmissible gastroenteritis virus of pigs. A possible member of coronaviruses. Brief report . Archiv für die Gesamte Virusforschung . 29 . 1 . 105–8 . 1970 . 4195092 . 10.1007/BF01253886. 7086923 .
• Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Coronaviridae
• German Research Foundation (Coronavirus Consortium)

Notes and References

1. Web site: taxonomy . Taxonomy browser (Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512) . Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . 2013-09-16.
2. Wooa . Patrick C. Y. . Laua . Susanna K. P. . Lama . Carol S. F. . Laua . Candy C. Y. . Tsanga . Alan K. L. . etal . 2012 . 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. . 86 . 7. 3995–4008 . 10.1128/jvi.06540-11 . 22278237 . 3302495.
3. Lau . SK . Woo . PC . Li . KS . Huang . Y . Wang . M . Lam . CS . Xu . H . Guo . R . Chan . KH . Zheng . BJ . Yuen . KY . Oct 2007 . 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 . 367 . 2. 428–39 . 10.1016/j.virol.2007.06.009 . 17617433. 7103351 . free .
4. Journal of Virology . 86 . 7 . 3995–4008 . 2012-01-25 . 10.1128/JVI.06540-11 . 22278237 . Woo . P. C. Y. . Lau . S. K. P. . Lam . C. S. F. . Lau . C. C. Y. . Tsang . A. K. L. . Lau . J. H. N. . Bai . R. . Teng . J. L. L. . Tsang . C. C. C. . Wang . M. . Zheng . B.-J. . Chan . K.-H. . Yuen . K.-Y. . 3302495 .