title: Novel cyclovirus detected in the intestinal contents of Taiwan squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis).
abstract: A novel cyclovirus was identified in the intestinal contents of Taiwan squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis) collected in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, by metagenomic analysis, and was named Taiwan squirrel cyclovirus-1 (TsCyV-1). Phylogenetic analysis showed that TsCyV-1 formed a branch separate from other representative cyclovirus strains. TsCyV-1 is considered to be a new species in the genus Cyclovirus because the criteria for demarcation of cyclovirus species is proposed as nucleotide identities <80 %.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan.
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Taketo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiuchi
authors.forename: Yukinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tohya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018136:Circoviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral