Viral Diversity of Microbats within the South West Botanical Province of Western Australia

摘要: Bats are known reservoirs of a wide variety viruses that rarely result in overt clinical disease the bat host. However, anthropogenic influences on landscape and climate can change species assemblages interactions, as well undermine host-resilience. The cumulative is disturbance bat–pathogen dynamics, which facilitate spillover events to sympatric species, may threaten communities already facing synergistic stressors through ecological change. Therefore, characterisation viral pathogens provides important basal information monitor predict emergence diseases relevant conservation public health. This study used targeted molecular techniques, serological assays next generation sequencing characterise adenoviruses, coronaviruses paramyxoviruses from 11 insectivorous bats within South West Botanical Province Western Australia. Phylogenetic analysis indicated complex interactions including virus–host associations, cross-species infections, multiple strains circulating concurrently selected populations. Additionally, we describe entire coding sequences for five alphacoronaviruses (representing four putative new species), one novel adenovirus. Results indicate burden (both prevalence richness) not homogeneous among with Chalinolobus gouldii identified key epidemiological element studied communities.