TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel smacoviruses identified in the faeces of two wild felids
T2 - North American bobcat and African lion
AU - Kraberger, Simona
AU - Serieys, Laurel
AU - Fountain-Jones, Nicolas
AU - Packer, Craig
AU - Riley, Seth
AU - Varsani, Arvind
N1 - Funding Information:
supported by the National Park Service and Santa Monica Mountains Fund, and Laurel Serieys was supported by a NSF graduate student fellowship.
Funding Information:
Sample collection of bobcat faecal material was supported by the National Park Service and Santa Monica Mountains Fund, and Laurel Serieys was supported by a NSF graduate student fellowship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/9/1
Y1 - 2019/9/1
N2 - Smacoviruses are small circular single-stranded DNA viruses that appear to be prevalent in faeces of a range of animals and have also been found in a few insect species. In this study, we report the first viral genomes from faeces of free-roaming wild felids on two continents. Two smacoviruses were recovered from the faeces of two North American bobcats (Lynx rufus), and one was recovered from an African lion (Panthera leo). All three genomes are genetically different, sharing 59-69% genome-wide sequence identity to other smacoviruses. These are the first full smacovirus genome sequences associated with a large top-end feline predator, and their presence in these samples suggests that feline faeces are a natural niche for the organisms that these viruses infect.
AB - Smacoviruses are small circular single-stranded DNA viruses that appear to be prevalent in faeces of a range of animals and have also been found in a few insect species. In this study, we report the first viral genomes from faeces of free-roaming wild felids on two continents. Two smacoviruses were recovered from the faeces of two North American bobcats (Lynx rufus), and one was recovered from an African lion (Panthera leo). All three genomes are genetically different, sharing 59-69% genome-wide sequence identity to other smacoviruses. These are the first full smacovirus genome sequences associated with a large top-end feline predator, and their presence in these samples suggests that feline faeces are a natural niche for the organisms that these viruses infect.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00705-019-04329-3
DO - 10.1007/s00705-019-04329-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 31240485
AN - SCOPUS:85068195265
SN - 0304-8608
VL - 164
SP - 2395
EP - 2399
JO - Archives of Virology
JF - Archives of Virology
IS - 9
ER -