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Faecal virome of cats in an animal shelter.
- Source :
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The Journal of general virology [J Gen Virol] 2014 Nov; Vol. 95 (Pt 11), pp. 2553-2564. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jul 30. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- We describe the metagenomics-derived feline enteric virome in the faeces of 25 cats from a single shelter in California. More than 90 % of the recognizable viral reads were related to mammalian viruses and the rest to bacterial viruses. Eight viral families were detected: Astroviridae, Coronaviridae, Parvoviridae, Circoviridae, Herpesviridae, Anelloviridae, Caliciviridae and Picobirnaviridae. Six previously known viruses were also identified: feline coronavirus type 1, felid herpes 1, feline calicivirus, feline norovirus, feline panleukopenia virus and picobirnavirus. Novel species of astroviruses and bocaviruses, and the first genome of a cyclovirus in a feline were characterized. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase region from four highly divergent partial viral genomes in the order Picornavirales were sequenced. The detection of such a diverse collection of viruses shed within a single shelter suggested that such animals experience robust viral exposures. This study increases our understanding of the viral diversity in cats, facilitating future evaluation of their pathogenic and zoonotic potentials.<br /> (© 2014 The Authors.)
- Subjects :
- Anelloviridae genetics
Anelloviridae isolation & purification
Animals
Astroviridae genetics
Astroviridae isolation & purification
Bocavirus genetics
Bocavirus isolation & purification
Caliciviridae genetics
Caliciviridae isolation & purification
California
Circoviridae genetics
Circoviridae isolation & purification
Feces virology
Fishes virology
Genetic Variation
Herpesviridae genetics
Herpesviridae isolation & purification
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Insect Viruses genetics
Metagenomics
Molecular Sequence Data
Parvoviridae genetics
Parvoviridae isolation & purification
Phylogeny
Picobirnavirus genetics
Picobirnavirus isolation & purification
Plant Viruses genetics
RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase genetics
Viral Proteins genetics
Cats virology
Genome, Viral
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1465-2099
- Volume :
- 95
- Issue :
- Pt 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of general virology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25078300
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.069674-0