RpYN06
SARS-like betacoronavirus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bat coronavirus RpYN06 is a SARS-like betacoronavirus that infects the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pusillus. It is a close relative of SARS-CoV-2 with a 94.48% sequence identity.[1]
| BatCoV RpYN06 | |
|---|---|
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
| Order: | Nidovirales |
| Family: | Coronaviridae |
| Genus: | Betacoronavirus |
| Subgenus: | Sarbecovirus |
| Species: | |
| Strain: | BatCoV RpYN06 |
Phylogenetics
A phylogenetic tree based on whole-genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses is:[2][3]
| SARS‑CoV‑2 related coronavirus |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
SARS-CoV-1, 79% to SARS-CoV-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||