Rc-o319
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Rc-o319 is a bat-derived strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus collected in little Japanese horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus cornutus) from sites in Iwate, Japan.[1][2] It has an 81% similarity to SARS-CoV-2 and is the earliest strain branch of the SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus.
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Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
| Order: | Nidovirales |
| Family: | Coronaviridae |
| Genus: | Betacoronavirus |
| Subgenus: | Sarbecovirus |
| Species: | |
| Strain: | Rc-o319 |
Phylogenetics
A phylogenetic tree based on whole-genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses is:[3][4]
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