A genus of the family CORONAVIRIDAE which causes respiratory or gastrointestinal disease in a variety of mammals. Human alphacoronaviruses include Human coronavirus 229E and NL63. All members share the identical core transcription regulatory sequences of 5’-CUAAAC-3’ and most have 1 to 2 ORFs downstream to the N protein gene.

Synonyms: txid693998, Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2, Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512, txid693996, Mink coronavirus 1, Miniopterus bat coronavirus 1, Alphacoronaviruses, Bat coronavirus CDPHE15s, CDPHE15, Bat coronavirus, Bat coronavirus HKU10, txid693999, Miniopterus bat coronavirus HKU8, HKU10, Bat coronavirus, Alphacoronavirus, txid694001, txid1244203, txid1913643, txid694000, Bat coronavirus CDPHE15, txid1913642