Group Group IV ((+)ssRNA) Subfamily Coronavirinae Higher classification Coronavirus Order Nidovirales | Family Coronaviridae Genus Alphacoronavirus Rank Species | |
Similar Coronaviridae, Nidovirales, Betacoronavirus, Tylonycteris | ||
Scotophilus Bat coronavirus 512 is a novel enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus species in the Alphacoronavirus, or Group 1, genus with a corona-like morphology. 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.
References
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