Phylogenetic analysis of novel posaviruses detected in feces of Japanese pigs with posaviruses and posa-like viruses of vertebrates and invertebrates

Arch Virol. 2019 Aug;164(8):2147-2151. doi: 10.1007/s00705-019-04289-8. Epub 2019 May 20.

Abstract

Posaviruses and posa-like viruses are unclassified viruses with sequence similarity to viruses of the order Picornavirales. They have been reported in various vertebrates and invertebrates. We identified 11 posavirus-like sequences in porcine feces and performed phylogenic analysis. Previously reported Japanese posaviruses and those identified in this study clustered with posavirus 1, 4, and 7 and husavirus 1, while five viruses branched into three independent lineages, tentatively named posavirus 10, 11, and 12. Interestingly, posaviruses, except for posavirus 8 and 9, husaviruses, and rasaviruses, formed a cluster consisting of viruses only from pigs, humans, and rats, while posavirus 8 and 9, fisavirus, and basaviruses clustered with posa-like viruses from invertebrates.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Feces / virology*
  • Genome, Viral / genetics
  • Humans
  • Invertebrates / virology*
  • Japan
  • Metagenomics / methods
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA Viruses / genetics
  • Rats
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
  • Swine
  • Vertebrates / virology*
  • Viruses / classification*
  • Viruses / genetics*