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We identified two novel circoviruses, HK02976 and HK00220, in oral swabs from bats. The size of their full genome was 2,010 nucleotides (nt). The full-genome sequence of our strains shared 96.1% nucleotide sequence identity with each other, and 39.9%–69.5% identity with bat-associated circoviruses (BatACVs)1–9. Based on the species demarcation threshold for viruses of the family Circoviridae, which is 80% genome-wide nucleotide sequence identity, we have tentatively named this group of viruses “bat-associated circovirus 10” (BatACV10).
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We are grateful to Yoshiko Murayama and Rie Sato (Do-hoku branch, Wild Bird Society of Japan) for assistance in sample collection. This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (Grant number, JP18K16182) to T. M. from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences.
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Matsumoto, T., Sato, M., Nishizono, A. et al. A novel bat-associated circovirus identified in northern Hokkaido, Japan. Arch Virol 164, 2179–2182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-019-04286-x
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