RpYN06

{{Short description|SARS-like betacoronavirus}}

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| parent = Sarbecovirus

| species = Betacoronavirus pandemicum

| strain = BatCoV RpYN06

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Bat coronavirus RpYN06 is a SARS-like betacoronavirus that infects the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pusillus. It is a close relative of SARS-CoV-2 with a 94.48% sequence identity.{{Cite journal|author=Hong Zhou |author2=Jingkai Ji |author3=Xing Chen |author4=Yuhai Bi |author5=Juan Li |author6=Tao Hu |author7=Hao Song |author8=Yanhua Chen |author9=Mingxue Cui |author10=Yanyan Zhang |author11=Alice C. Hughes |author12=Edward C. Holmes |author13=Weifeng Shi |date=8 March 2021|title=Identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the 2 evolutionary origins of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses|journal=Cell |volume=184 |issue=17 |pages=4380–4391.e14|doi=10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.008|pmid=34147139 |pmc=8188299 }}