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Paul G Cantalupo1, Christopher B Buck2, James M Pipas3
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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|January 21, 2017
Abstract:
We report here the complete genome sequence of a polyomavirus found in a nasal/rectal metagenome of Hipposideros pomona (Pomona leaf-nosed bat). Interestingly, the genetic organization and phylogenetic relationships of the new virus suggest greater similarity to recently discovered fish-associated polyomaviruses rather than to polyomavirus species previously observed in bats.
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