Identification and characterization of Coronaviridae genomes from Vietnamese bats and rats based on conserved protein domains
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The Coronaviridae family of viruses encompasses a group of pathogens with a zoonotic potential as observed from previous outbreaks of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Accordingly, it seems important to identify and document the coronaviruses in animal reservoirs, many of which are uncharacterized and potentially missed by more standard diagnostic assays. A combination of sensitive deep sequencing technology and computational algorithms is essential for virus surveillance, especially for characterizing novel- or distantly related virus strains. Here, we explore the use of profile Hidden Markov Model-defined Pfam protein domains (Pfam domains) encoded by new sequences as a Coronaviridae sequence classification tool. The encoded domains are used first in a triage to identify potential Coronaviridae sequences and then processed using a Random Forest method to classify the sequences to the Coronaviridae genus level. The application of this algorithm on Coronaviridae genomes assembled from agnostic deep sequencing data from surveillance of bats and rats in Dong Thap province (Vietnam) identified thirty-four Alphacoronavirus and eleven Betacoronavirus genomes. This collection of bat and rat coronaviruses genomes provided essential information on the local diversity of coronaviruses and substantially expanded the number of coronavirus full genomes available from bat and rats and may facilitate further molecular studies on this group of viruses.
Date Issued
2018-07-01
Date Acceptance
2018-07-01
Citation
Virus Evolution, 2018, 4 (2)
ISSN
2057-1577
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Journal / Book Title
Virus Evolution
Volume
4
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Identifier
http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000456426800017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
Grant Number
093724/E/10/Z
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Virology
virus classification
machine learning
random forest
protein domains
Pfam
profile Hidden Markov model
CROSS-SPECIES TRANSMISSION
RODENTS
DIVERSITY
ALGORITHM
EVOLUTION
DISCOVERY
ALIGNMENT
DATABASE
VIRUS
PFAM
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
vey035
Date Publish Online
2018-12-15