A Novel Mastadenovirus from <i>Nyctalus noctula</i> Which Represents a Distinct Evolutionary Branch of Viruses from Bats in Europe.

ABSTRACT: Bats are natural hosts of a wide variety of viruses, including adenoviruses. European bats are known to carry mastadenoviruses categorized as species B (widespread in European Vespertilionidae bats) and whose taxonomy has not been clarified. We examined fecal samples from Vespertilionidae bats (five species) captured in central Russia and found that 2/12 (16%) were positive for mastadenoviruses. The partial genome of the mastadenovirus was assembled from Pipistrellus nathusii, representing the bat adenovirus species B. The complete genome (37,915 nt) of a novel mastadenovirus was assembled from Nyctalus noctula and named BatAdV/MOW15-Nn19/Quixote. Comparative studies showed significant divergence of the Quixote genome sequence from European bat mastadenoviruses, while the onl

SUBMITTER: Speranskaya AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11359159 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature