title: Genetic characterization of a novel picornavirus detected in Miniopterus schreibersii bats.
abstract: Bats are important reservoirs of many viruses with zoonotic potential worldwide, including Europe. Among bat viruses, members of the Picornaviridae family remain a neglected group. We performed viral metagenomic analyses on Miniopterus schreibersii bat faecal samples, collected in Hungary in 2013. In the present study we report the first molecular data and genomic characterization of a novel picornavirus from the bat species M. schreibersii in Europe. Based on phylogenetic analyses, the novel bat picornaviruses unambiguously belong to the Mischivirus genus and were highly divergent from other bat-derived picornaviruses of the Sapelovirus genus. Although the Hungarian viruses were most closely related to Mischivirus A, they formed a separate monophyletic branch within the genus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.|Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kemenesi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Dabing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Szilvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marton
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.|Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Bianka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dallos
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary.|Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Görföl
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary.
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Estók
authors.affiliation: Aggtelek National Park Directorate, Jósvafő, Hungary.
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boldogh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Kornélia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurucz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.|Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oldal
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.|Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutas
authors.affiliation: Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Krisztián
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bányai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.|Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jakab
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006814:Hungary; D056186:Metagenomics / Q000379:methods; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000235:genetics*