id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-334628-axon4jdc Lee, Saemi Genetic Characteristics of Coronaviruses from Korean Bats in 2016 2017-07-19 .txt text/plain 3227 205 66 In this study, bat samples (332 oral swabs, 245 fecal samples, 38 urine samples, and 57 bat carcasses) were collected at 33 natural bat habitat sites in South Korea. Thirteen sequences belonging to SARS-like betacoronaviruses showed the highest nucleotide identity (97.1–99.7%) with Bat-CoV-JTMC15 reported in China. Given the import of MERS into South Korea [14] and the presence of SARS in the relatively close geographic location of China [9] (Fig. 3) , together with the fact that bats are a reservoir for coronaviruses, the prevalence of coronavirus infection in Korean bat species should provide valuable information. Oral swabs and other samples (n = 60) were obtained from three species of bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Miniopterus schreibersii, and Myotis macrodactylus, but coronaviruses were only detected in samples from R. Thirteen sequences from oral swabs were clustered with Bat-CoV B15-21, which was detected in fecal bat samples collected from an abandoned mine in Gangwon province. ./cache/cord-334628-axon4jdc.txt ./txt/cord-334628-axon4jdc.txt