A novel Anelloviridae species detected in Tadarida brasiliensis bats: first sequence of a chiropteran Anellovirus

S.P.C. and T.F.T. contributed equally to this work. Using metagenomic approaches, we identified a novel Torque teno virus from Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) (TT-TbV). The TT-TbV genome and deduced protein sequences share extremely low identity with known anelloviruses. Due to a high degree of phylogenetic divergence, such putative virus could not be allocated into any Anelloviridae genera