Xin Hou

Jan 10, 2025 | biorxiv.org | Xin Hou |Jing Wang |Ye Chen |Da-Xi Wang

AbstractUnderstanding wildlife-pathogen interactions is crucial for mitigating zoonotic risk. Through meta-transcriptomic sequencing we profiled the infectomes of 1,922 samples from 67 mammalian species across China, uncovering a remarkable diversity of viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic pathogens. Of the 195 pathogens identified, 62 were novel, including a bi-segmented coronavirus in diseased lesser pandas, which we propose represents a new genus - Zetacoronavirus.