Ambecovirus, a novel Betacoronavirus subgenus circulating in neotropical bats sheds new light on bat-borne coronaviruses evolution
Gabriel Luz Wallau, Eder Barbier, Laís Ceschini Machado, Alexandre Freitas da Silva, Yago José Mariz Dias, Filipe Zimmer Dezordi, Alexandru Tomazatos, Balázs Horváth, Roberto Dias Lins, Enrico Bernard, Dániel Cadar
The paper identifies a new Betacoronavirus subgenus, Ambecovirus, in Neotropical bats, revealing its phylogenetic position and potential for interspecies transmission.
Virus Evolution · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology