<p>Researcher recently identified a type of new class of Herpes virus in bat cells which will no doubt better support in deeply understanding of Herpes virus chemistry and how bat host these viruses.</p><p>The scientist from Maryland and New York detect this virus in bat blood cells and this novel work recently published in mSphere a Microbiology journal of American Society of Microbiology.</p><p>Researchers prepares about 130,000 base pairs of genetic material of virus which they detect in blood cells of bat virus named Gammaherpesvirus 8 (BGHV8) the same features like Epstein bar virus and able to cause mononucleosis and cancers too.In experiment scientists found the virus able to infect cell lines and animals.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.microbiozindia.com/images/ASE.png" alt="" /></p><h2>According to Scientist,</h2><p>&amp;quot;The cool thing about this study is that it was so surprising,&amp;quot; said senior study author Christopher Basler, PhD, a professor of microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. &amp;quot;We didn&#039;t go looking for a virus and really, by accident, we found this new virus, and it turned out to be the first replicating bat Gammaherpesvirus. We think it&#039;s exciting for people interested in studying how bats interact with viruses.&amp;quot;</p><p>Story source: American society of Microbiology</p><p>Note: the above story is for information purpose only for more information follow original story source.</p>