Investigation of the genome, taxonomy, and distribution of pigeon gammacoronavirus: insights into its relationships with other avian gammacoronaviruses.

Sumei Tan, Xiu Wang, Qingye Zhuang, Huanyu Gong, Ruixu Chen, Jiming Chen, Dahai Liu, Ming Liao

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Detection and genetic characterization of pigeon gammacoronaviruses.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2026
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Sumei Tan *School of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan, China.

Xiu Wang *School of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan, China.

Qingye Zhuang *Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, Weifang, China.

Huanyu GongSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan, China.

Ruixu ChenSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan, China.

Jiming ChenSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan, China.

Dahai LiuSchool of Animal Science and Technology, Foshan University, Foshan, China.

Ming LiaoCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: Various coronaviruses (CoVs) are pathogenic to humans and animals. Most pathogenic CoVs belong to the Methods: In this study, the first complete genome sequence of PgCoV was obtained through high-throughput sequencing and systematically analyzed along with other CoV genomic sequences. Results: PgCoVs exhibited significant differences from other avian gammacoronaviruses in genomic structure, phylogenetic relationships, and N-glycosylation sites in the S protein. These differences warrant classifying PgCoVs and some Australian chicken gammacoronaviruses as two new species and justify removing one existing chicken gammacoronavirus species ( Discussion: This study expands our understanding of the genome, taxonomy, and distribution of PgCoVs and other avian gammacoronaviruses, which is significant for risk assessment, detection, and control of these viruses.

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coronavirusdetectionepidemiologyevolutiongenomepigeontaxonomy

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PMID40969424

DOI10.3389/fmicb.2025.1647728

PMCPMC12441043

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