India, June 14 -- Researchers compiled 24 novel coronavirus genomes from different bat species; one of them was genetically similar to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
Chinese researchers have found a new batch of coronavirus in bats. The group compiled 24 novel coronavirus genomes from different bat species. One of them, Rhinolophus pusillus virus RpYN06, was genetically similar to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
But, there were genetic differences in the spike protein, the knob-like structure that the virus uses when attaching to cells. The report was done by the researchers from the University of Shandong and was published in the journal Cell .
The researchers were searching for the origin of SARS-CoV-2 from May 2019 to November 202...