title: Novel dicistrovirus from bat guano.
abstract: A novel dicistrovirus (strain NB-1/2011/HUN, KJ802403) genome was detected from guano collected from an insectivorous bat (species Pipistrellus pipistrellus) in Hungary, using viral metagenomics. The complete genome of NB-1 is 9136 nt in length, excluding the poly(A) tail. NB-1 has a genome organization typical of a dicistrovirus with multiple 3B(VPg) and a cripavirus-like intergenic region (IGR)-IRES. NB-1 shares only 41 % average amino acid sequence identity with capsid proteins of Himetobi P virus, indicating a potential novel species in the genus Cripavirus, family Dicistroviridae.
authors.affiliation: Regional Laboratory of Virology, National Reference Laboratory of Gastroenteric Viruses, ÁNTSZ Regional Institute of State Public Health Service, Szabadság út 7., 7623, Pécs, Hungary, reuter.gabor@ddr.antsz.hu.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pankovics
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gyöngyi
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delwart
authors.forename: Akos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D056629:Dicistroviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006814:Hungary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral