

Gaps were closed using BioEdit ( 2) based on alignments of reads: reads corresponding to the ends of each contig were located, sorted, and aligned using JMP version 10 (SAS Institute Inc., USA), and then visualized using BioEdit.
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Reads were trimmed based on quality (limit = 0.05), and assembled using the De Bruijn graph method of de novo assembly provided by CLC genomics workbench version 7.04, with default parameters.ĪflIII (both strains) and HinDII (X1698 only) optical maps were analyzed using Argus MapSolver software (OpGen, USA) to order and orient contigs with respect to each other. Sequence reads were 100-bp × 100-bp paired-end reads on a HiSeq2500 operating in rapid mode 12,496,108 (X1036 T) and 12,804,044 (X1698) sequence reads were generated. Genome libraries were prepared using the NEB Ultra DNA library prep kit (New England Biolabs, USA), according to the manufacturer’s instructions, on a PerkinElmer Sciclone NGS robot. Cells were harvested and gDNA was prepared using the Epicentre Metagenomic DNA isolation kit for water (Illumina, USA). Genomic DNA was extracted from cells grown on CDC anaerobic blood agar (BD) in a GasPak for 2 to 3 weeks. (GasPak and CampyPak are products of Becton, Dickinson and Company, USA.) Limited growth is achieved under the conditions created by a CampyPak (6 to 16% O 2) and little to no growth in ambient air. The strains grow best in an atmosphere generated by a GasPak in an anaerobe jar (≤1% O 2), including the stringent environment of an anaerobe chamber. Two strains of a novel fastidious, partially acid-fast, Gram-positive Corynebacterineae bacterium (X1036 T and X1698) were obtained from human abscesses, as previously described ( 1). The phylogenetic analyses indicate that diversity of CoV in bats is higher than previously known.The Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory receives unusual and difficult-to-identify bacterial strains derived from clinical specimens from throughout the United States. Conclusions This study indicated a CoV-to-host specificity and draws attention for CoV detection in Cynomops sp, a potential new reservoir. Phylogenetic analyses of two S gene sequences showed a large diversity within the Alphacoronavirus genus. RdRp gene phylogeny showed that all CoVs strains from this study cluster in Alphacoronavirus genus, with one Molossidae and one Phlyllostomidae-CoV specific groups.

Nine specimens were positive and eight was suitable for RdRp gene sequencing. Findings Three hundred five enteric contents of 29 bat species were tested using a panCoV nested RT-PCR. On the view of the interest on and importance of CoVs in bats the occurrence and molecular characterization of CoV were conducted in bats from Brazil.

Thus the role of these hosts on the evolution and spread of CoVs currently deserve the attention of emerging diseases surveillance programs. Abstract : Background Bats have been implicated as the main reservoir of coronavirus (CoV).
