@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.069674-0, author = "Zhang, Wen and Li, Linlin and Deng, Xutao and Kapusinszky, Beatrix and Pesavento, Patricia A. and Delwart, Eric", title = "Faecal virome of cats in an animal shelter", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "2014", volume = "95", number = "11", pages = "2553-2564", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.069674-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.069674-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "We describe the metagenomics-derived feline enteric virome in the faeces of 25 cats from a single shelter in California. More than 90 % of the recognizable viral reads were related to mammalian viruses and the rest to bacterial viruses. Eight viral families were detected: Astroviridae, Coronaviridae, Parvoviridae, Circoviridae, Herpesviridae, Anelloviridae, Caliciviridae and Picobirnaviridae. Six previously known viruses were also identified: feline coronavirus type 1, felid herpes 1, feline calicivirus, feline norovirus, feline panleukopenia virus and picobirnavirus. Novel species of astroviruses and bocaviruses, and the first genome of a cyclovirus in a feline were characterized. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase region from four highly divergent partial viral genomes in the order Picornavirales were sequenced. The detection of such a diverse collection of viruses shed within a single shelter suggested that such animals experience robust viral exposures. This study increases our understanding of the viral diversity in cats, facilitating future evaluation of their pathogenic and zoonotic potentials.", }