Expanded diversity of novel hemoplasmas in rare and undersampled Neotropical bats
D. Volokhov, L. Lock, K. Dyer, I. DeAnglis, B. Andrews, M. Simonis, S. Stockmaier, G. Carter, C. Downs, B. Fenton, N. B. Simmons, D. Becker
The paper identifies novel hemoplasmas in Neotropical bats by analyzing 80 samples, finding new genotypes and host shifts, including a hemoplasma closely related to a human pathogen.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2023Microbiology