Virome Profiling of Bats from Myanmar by Metagenomic Analysis of Tissue Samples Reveals More Novel Mammalian Viruses

He, Biao; Li, Zuosheng; Yang, Fanli; Zheng, Junfeng; Feng, Ye; Guo, Huancheng; Li, Yingying; Wang, Yiyin; Su, Nan; Zhang, Fuqiang; Fan, Quanshui; Tu, Changchun

Sequences relating to insect viruses comprised the second largest proportion within the bat virome, and could be classified into five families: Baculoviridae, Polydnaviridae, Iridoviridae, Iflaviridae and Parvoviridae (Densovirinae) ( Table 3) . Viruses of the Baculoviridae, Densovirinae and Polydnaviridae were present in all four groups of bats. It is interesting to note that the iflavirus was present in, and Iridoviridae absent from, M. fuliginosus of both counties. Among the insect viruses detected, alpha-and betabaculoviruses within the Baculoviridae, and bracovirus and ichnovirus within the Polydnaviridae were first time discoveries in bats. Contigs of densovirus and iflavirus, found in bat guano from North America and China [35, 37] , were also present in our study. Contigs of iflavirus identified here had .80% nt identity with the Perina nuda virus of genus Iflavirus.