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Genomic screening of 16 UK native bat species through conservationist networks uncovers coronaviruses with zoonotic potential - Nature Communications

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By Thomas Peacock, Kai Yi Mok, Charlie Hart, Kelvin Lau, Dongchun Ni, Dalan Bailey, Nazia Thakur, Ksenia Sukhova, Guy Woodward, Thomas Bell, Lisa Worledge, Wendy Barclay, Lucy van Dorp, Francois Balloux
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Abstract There has been limited characterisation of bat-borne coronaviruses in Europe. Here, we screened for coronaviruses in 48 faecal samples from 16 of the 17 bat species breeding in the UK, collected through a bat rehabilitation and conservationist network. We recovered nine complete genomes, including two novel coronavirus species, across six bat species: four alphacoronaviruses, a MERS-related betacoronavirus, and four closely related sarbecoviruses.
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