Genome Organization of Canada Goose Coronavirus, A Novel Species Identified in a Mass Die-off of Canada Geese

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Papineau, Amber, Berhane, Yohannes, Wylie, Todd N., Wylie, Kristine M., Sharpe, Samuel, Lung, Oliver
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
• Subjects: Article; Cambridge Bay; Canada; Nunavut; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6459860/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30976080; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42355-y

The complete genome of a novel coronavirus was sequenced directly from the cloacal swab of a Canada goose that perished in a die-off of Canada and Snow geese in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Comparative genomics and phylogenetic analysis indicate it is a new species of Gammacoronavirus, as it fall...