Rc-o319
Rc-o319 | |
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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: | Severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus |
Strain: | 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] Its has 81% similarity to SARS-CoV-2 and is the earliest strain branch of the SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus.
A phylogenetic tree based on whole-genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses is:[3][4]
SARS‑CoV‑2 related coronavirus | |
SARS-CoV-1 , 79% to SARS-CoV-2
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