Deltacoronavirus
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Deltacoronavirus (Delta-CoV) is one of the four genera (Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-, and Delta-) of coronaviruses. It is in the subfamily Orthocoronavirinae of the family Coronaviridae. They are enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. Deltacoronaviruses infect mostly birds and some mammals.
Species
Wigeon coronavirus HKU20
GENUS
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumPisuviricota
- ClassPisoniviricetes
- OrderNidovirales
- FamilyCoronaviridae
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Research
594 papers- Structures of a deltacoronavirus spike protein bound to porcine and human receptors.Nature communications · 2022
- Genomic Epidemiology, Evolution, and Transmission Dynamics of Porcine Deltacoronavirus.Molecular biology and evolution · 2020
- Deltacoronavirus Evolution and Transmission: Current Scenario and Evolutionary Perspectives.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020
- Independent infections of porcine deltacoronavirus among Haitian children.Nature · 2021
- SIRT5-mediated desuccinylation of the porcine deltacoronavirus M protein drives pexophagy to enhance viral proliferation.PLoS pathogens · 2025
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Wikidata facts
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- Coronavirus
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- taxon name
- Deltacoronavirus
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- genus
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- Bulbul coronavirus HKU11
- different from
- SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant
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Encyclopedic overview
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Deltacoronavirus (Delta-CoV) is one of the four genera (Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-, and Delta-) of coronaviruses. It is in the subfamily Orthocoronavirinae of the family Coronaviridae. They are enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. Deltacoronaviruses infect mostly birds and some mammals.
While the alpha and beta genera are derived from the bat viral gene pool, the gamma and delta genera are derived from the avian and pig viral gene pools.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deltacoronavirus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.