Xi River virus

Xi River virus
Virus classification
Group: Group III (dsRNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Reoviridae
Subfamily: Spinareovirinae
Genus: Orthoreovirus
Type species
Pteropine orthoreovirus
Species

Xi River virus

Xi River virus (XRV) is a putative novel bat virus in the genus Orthoreovirus isolated from fruit bats in Guangdong Province in southern China. It is the first bat reovirus isolated in China.[1][2]

Virology

Genome

Only a partial sequence of XRV was isolated from the fruit bat, but based on its open reading frame it was identified as a reovirus.[1] XRV has the same morphology and high sequence identity as Nelson Bay virus (NBV), and a 10-segmented double-stranded RNA genome, as well as high sequence identity to NBV members.[3][4]

Reoviruses are non-enveloped, double-stranded RNA viruses. They have an icosahedral capsid (T-13) composed of an outer and inner protein shell. The genome contains 10–12 segments grouped into three categories by size: L (large), M (medium) and S (small). Segments range from ~ 3.9 kbp – 1kbp and each segment encodes 1–3 proteins. Reoviridae proteins are denoted by the Greek character corresponding to the segment it was translated from (the L segment encodes for λ proteins, the M segment encodes for μ proteins and the S segment encodes for σ proteins).[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Du, L; Lu, Z; Fan, Y; Meng, K; Jiang, Y; Zhu, Y; Wang, S; Gu, W; Zou, X; Tu, C (Aug 2010). "Xi River virus, a new bat reovirus isolated in southern China". Arch Virol. 155 (8): 1295–9. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0690-4.
  2. ↑ "Seroprevalence of Rabies Virus Antibodies in Bats from Southern China". Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10: 177–181. doi:10.1089/vbz.2008.0212.
  3. 1 2 Patton JT (editor). (2008). Segmented Double-stranded RNA Viruses: Structure and Molecular Biology. www.horizonpress.com. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-21-9.
  4. 1 2 MicrobiologyBytes – Reoviruses
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