A Novel Polycipiviridae Virus Identified in Pteropus lylei Stools

Sarah Temmam (1) , Vibol Hul (2) , Thomas Bigot (3, 1) , Thavry Hoem (4) , Christopher Gorman (2) , Veasna Duong (2) , Philippe Dussart (2) , Julien Cappelle (4, 5, 6) , Marc Eloit (7, 1)

1 Découverte de Pathogènes - Pathogen Discovery
2 Unité de Virologie / Virology Unit [Phnom Penh]
3 C3BI - Centre de Bioinformatique, Biostatistique et Biologie Intégrative
4 Unité d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique [Phnom Penh]
5 UMR ASTRE - Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes
6 UMR EPIA - Unité Mixte de Recherche d'Épidémiologie des maladies Animales et zoonotiques
7 ENVA - École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort

Polycipiviridae is a recently recognized viral family within the order Picornavirales with unusual genome organization and phylogenetic placement. Viruses belonging to this family were only reported from arthropod hosts. We describe here the first full genome of a distant polycipivirus-related virus identified in frugivorous bat stools in Cambodia.

Domains: Virology; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Sarah Temmam, Vibol Hul, Thomas Bigot, Thavry Hoem, Christopher Gorman, et al.. A Novel Polycipiviridae Virus Identified in Pteropus lylei Stools. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2019, 8 (15), pp.e01662-18. ⟨10.1128/MRA.01662-18⟩. ⟨pasteur-02263507⟩