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Cell culture‐grown putative bovine respiratory torovirus identified as a coronavirus
Author(s) -
Cornelissen L. A. H. M.,
Woensel P. A. M.,
Groot R. J.,
Horzinek M. C.,
Visser N.,
Egberink H. F.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.142.25.683
Subject(s) - coronavirus , bovine coronavirus , covid-19 , virology , biology , betacoronavirus , cell culture , cell , respiratory system , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , genetics , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , anatomy , outbreak
A putative bovine respiratory torovirus (BRTV) was propagated in bovine fetal diploid lung and human colonic tumour cells, and fringed pleomorphic particles were detected in the culture supernatants by electron microscopy. Antisera directed against a bovine (Breda strain) and equine (Berne strain) torovirus failed to react with BRTV‐infected cells in immunofluorescence assays and did not neutralise BRTV. No toroviral RNA was found in the supernatants of infected cells by means of a reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction with torovirus‐specific primers. On the other hand, bovine coronavirus‐specific antisera and monoclonal antibodies did neutralise the cytopathic effects, and coronaviral antigen was detected in the cultures by immunofluorescence. Furthermore, bovine coronavirus RNA was detected in the supernatants of BRTV‐infected cells after nucleic acid amplification. It is concluded that the cytopathic BRTV isolate is a coronavirus.