Viral Metagenomic Profiling of Croatian Bat Population Reveals Sample and Habitat Dependent Diversity

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Šimić, Ivana, Zorec, Tomaž Mark, Lojkić, Ivana, Krešić, Nina, Poljak, Mario, Cliquet, Florence, Picard-Meyer, Evelyne, Wasniewski, Marine, Zrnčić, Vida, Ćukušić, Anđela, Bedeković, Tomislav
• Other Authors: Croatian Veterinary Institute, University of Ljubljana, Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage de Nancy (LRFSN), Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Croatian Biospeleological Society
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Bats; Viral metagenomics; Croatia; Virus; Diversity; [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health; [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology; [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie; Guano; Myotis nattereri
• Online Access: https://hal-anses.archives-ouvertes.fr/anses-03294542; https://hal-anses.archives-ouvertes.fr/anses-03294542/document; https://hal-anses.archives-ouvertes.fr/anses-03294542/file/viruses-12-00891-v2.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080891

International audience To date, the microbiome, as well as the virome of the Croatian populations of bats, was unknown. Here, we present the results of the first viral metagenomic analysis of guano, feces and saliva (oral swabs) of seven bat species (Myotis myotis, Miniopterus schreibersii, Rhinolop...