Metatranscriptomic identification of novel RNA viruses from raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) feces in Japan

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 7100 - 18
• Main Authors: Oba, Mami, Sakaguchi, Shoichi, Teshima, Natsuko, Yokota, Tomoko, Takemae, Hitoshi, Tohei, Mao, Shimokawa, Fumie, Murakami, Masaru, Mizuno, Shuntaro, Ishida, Hiroho, Murakami, Hironobu, Takano, Tomomi, Mizutani, Tetsuya, Tsukada, Hideharu, Nagai, Makoto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.02.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/114; 631/158; 631/326; 631/337; 631/601; Adaptability; Animals; Arthropods; Dogs; Fecal viruses; Feces; Feces - virology; Genome, Viral; Host range; Humanities and Social Sciences; Infectivity; Invertebrate-related viruses; Japan; Mammals; Metatranscriptomic analysis; multidisciplinary; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Raccoon Dogs - virology; RNA viruses; RNA Viruses - classification; RNA Viruses - genetics; RNA Viruses - isolation & purification; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spillover risk potential; Transcriptome; Vectors; Viruses; Wild raccoon dog; Japan; Wild raccoon dog; Spillover risk potential; Metatranscriptomic analysis; Fecal viruses; Invertebrate-related viruses

The raccoon dog ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ), classified in the order Carnivora within the family Canidae , is native to East Asia and widely distributed throughout Japan due to its adaptability to various environments. Despite the close relationship between raccoon dogs and other animals, viruses i...