TABLE 2.

Nucleotide and amino acid identities between the novel gammaherpesviruses (SmiLHV1, PpiLHV1, and SscLHV1) and other primate gammaherpesviruses^a

Virus	% Identityb with:
	SmiLHV1		PpiLHV1		SscLHV1
	Nucleotide	Amino acid	Nucleotide	Amino acid	Nucleotide	Amino acid
Gamma-1-Herpesvirinae
SmiLHV1	98-99	97-100	79-80	86-87	77	80
PpiLHV1	80	86-87	100	100	75	83
SscLHV1	77	80	75	83
CalHV-3	83	91	79	86	74	82
Cercopithecine hv15	68	78	68	82	78	79
EBV	71	80	73	82	77	79
Old World Gamma-2-Herpesvirinae (RV1)
KSHV	58	60	58	62	62	61
PanRHV1a/PtRV1	60	60	59	62	61	61
PanRHV1b	54	58	57	60	58	57
GorRHV1	61	60	60	62	64	61
RFHVMn	63	60	62	63	65	62
RFHVMm	57	58	60	61	61	61
MndRHV1	62	58	62	60	66	59
ChRV1	60	60	60	63	60	61
Old World Gamma-2-Herpesvirinae (RV2)
PanRHV2	59	57	58	60	59	59
ChRV2	59	59	61	63	63	59
MndRHV2	60	57	59	58	63	57
MneRV2	58	57	60	60	63	59
MGVMn	58	57	60	60	63	59
MGVMf	57	58	60	60	63	58
MGVMm	57	57	60	60	62	58
RRV	57	57	60	60	62	58
New World Gamma-2-Herpesvirinae
HVS	54	56	55	59	54	58
HVA3	55	57	58	60	55	59

^aNumbers refer to values obtained in comparison with the 426-bp fragment of the conserved DNA polymerase gene that is available for all viruses.

^bBold values indicate sequences with the highest identities.