Coronaviruses (Coronaviridae) of bats in the northern Caucasus and south of western Siberia
- Authors: Yashina L.N.1, Zhigalin A.V.2,3, Abramov S.A.4, Luchnikova E.M.5, Smetannikova N.A.1, Dupal T.A.4, Krivopalov A.V.6, Vdovina E.D.5, Svirin K.A.1, Gadzhiev A.A.3, Malyshev B.S.1
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Affiliations:
- State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «VECTOR» of Rospotrebnadzor
- National Research Tomsk State University
- Dagestan State University
- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kemerovo State University
- 4Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 69, No 3 (2024)
- Pages: 255-265
- Section: ORIGINAL RESEARCH
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0507-4088/article/view/259217
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.36233//0507-4088-233
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/konejo
- ID: 259217
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Abstract
Introduction. Bats are natural reservoirs of coronaviruses (Coronaviridae), which have caused three outbreaks of human disease SARS, MERS and COVID-19 or SARS-2 over the past decade. The purpose of the work is to study the diversity of coronaviruses among bats inhabiting the foothills and mountainous areas of the Republics of Dagestan, Altai and the Kemerovo region.
Materials and methods. Samples of bat oral swabs and feces were tested for the presence of coronavirus RNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Results. It has been shown that the greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), inhabiting the Republic of Dagestan, are carriers of two different coronaviruses. One of the two coronaviruses is a member of the Sarbecovius subgenus of the Betacoronavirus genus, which includes the causative agents of SARS and COVID-19. The second coronavirus is assigned to the Decacovirus subgenus of the Alphacoronavirus genus and is most similar to viruses identified among Rhinolophus spp. from European and Middle Eastern countries. In the Altai Republic and Kemerovo region, coronaviruses belonging to the genus Alphacoronavirus, subgenus Pedacovirus, were found in the smooth-nosed bats: Ikonnikov`s bat (Myotis ikonnikovi) and the eastern bat (Myotis petax). The virus from the Altai Republic from M. ikonnikovi is close to viruses from Japan and Korea, as well as viruses from Myotis spp. from European countries. The virus from the Kemerovo region from M. petax groups with coronaviruses from Myotis spp. from Asian countries and is significantly different from coronaviruses previously discovered in the same natural host.
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Liudmila N. Yashina
State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «VECTOR» of Rospotrebnadzor
Author for correspondence.
Email: yashina@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2844-7835
D. Sc. (Biology), Leading Researcher of the Department of Genomic Research
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk regionAlexander V. Zhigalin
National Research Tomsk State University; Dagestan State University
Email: alex-zhigalin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4661-0560
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Head of Biodiversity Monitoring Laboratory
Russian Federation, Tomsk; MakhachkalaSergey A. Abramov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: gterio@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7921-6696
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Ecology of Vertebrate Communities
Russian Federation, NovosibirskEkaterina M. Luchnikova
Kemerovo State University
Email: lut@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8245-4588
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Management
Russian Federation, KemerovoNatalia A. Smetannikova
State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «VECTOR» of Rospotrebnadzor
Email: smetannikova@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5082-8071
Cand. Sc. (Medicine), Senior Researcher, Department of Genomic Research
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk regionTamara A. Dupal
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: gf@eco.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4487-1815
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Ecology of Vertebrate Communities
Russian Federation, NovosibirskAnton V. Krivopalov
4Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: krivopalov@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4824-6061
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Parasitology
Russian Federation, NovosibirskEvgenia D. Vdovina
Kemerovo State University
Email: vdovina_ed@gkl-kemerovo.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9633-9938
Laboratory Assistant at the Azhendarovo Biological Station
Russian Federation, KemerovoKirill A. Svirin
State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «VECTOR» of Rospotrebnadzor
Email: svirin_ka@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9083-1649
Postgraduate Student
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk regionAlimurad A. Gadzhiev
Dagestan State University
Email: ecodgu@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7359-1951
Cand. Sc. (Biology), Vice-Rector for Research
Russian Federation, MakhachkalaBoris S. Malyshev
State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology «VECTOR» of Rospotrebnadzor
Email: malyshevb@vector.nsc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3004-3020
Researcher, Department of Genomic Research
Russian Federation, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk regionReferences
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