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In order to study these viral shifts, samples of 43 organs, feces, and ascites collected from cats showing clinical signs of feline infectious peritonitis were tested, and the sequences obtained for the 3c and M genes were analyzed. The 3c gene nucleotides showed truncations commonly observed in feline infectious peritonitis virus. Additionally, the sequences corresponding to the 3c genes obtained from different organs of the same individual displayed high similarities, supporting the internal mutation theory. The analyses of the M gene and putative polypeptides showed similarities with canine coronaviruses, supporting the recombination theory between feline and canine coronaviruses. Infectious coronaviral strains are still challenging because of the difficulty in obtaining an effective vaccine for their prevention, and also because of the limited alternatives for therapy of FIP in cats.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms12081557","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,30]],"date-time":"2024-07-30T08:51:42Z","timestamp":1722329502000},"page":"1557","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Phylogenetic Analysis of Alphacoronaviruses Based on 3c and M Gene Sequences Isolated from Cats with FIP in Romania"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-2378-0262","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ivona","family":"Popovici","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Ia\u0219i University of Life Sciences, 700490 Iasi, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sophie","family":"Le Poder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UMR Virologie, INRAe, ANSES, \u00c9cole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire d\u2019Alfort, 94704 Paris, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0982-0040","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristina-Mihaela","family":"R\u00eembu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Ia\u0219i University of Life Sciences, 700490 Iasi, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4168-9938","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cristina-Elena","family":"Horhogea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Ia\u0219i University of Life Sciences, 700490 Iasi, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"181","DOI":"10.1038\/s41579-018-0118-9","article-title":"Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses","volume":"17","author":"Cui","year":"2019","journal-title":"Nat. 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