The Analysis of Oral and Fecal Virome Detects Multiple Novel Emerging Viruses in Snakes

Wild animals are considered reservoirs for emerging and reemerging viruses, such as the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Previous studies have reported that bats ticks harbored variable important pathogenic some of which could cause potential diseases in humans livestock, while viruses carried by reptiles were rarely reported. Our study first conducted snakes’ virome analysis to establish effective surveillance transboundary diseases. Consequently, Adenoviridae, Circoviridae, Retroviridae, Parvoviridae identified oral samples from Protobothrops mucrosquamatus, Elaphe dione, Gloydius angusticeps based on sequence similarity existing viruses. Picornaviridae Adenoviridae also fecal mucrosquamatus. Notably, iflavirus foamy virus enriching viral diversity snakes. Furthermore, phylogenetic revealed both novel-identified showed low genetic with previously This provided a basis our understanding microbiome prevention unknown