Table 2.
Comparison of the PB1gene and protein between the H4N8 isolate and virus strains available in GenBank.
| Virusa | Identity (%) with 6KS0185b |
|
|---|---|---|
| nucleotide | amino acid | |
| A/mallard/New Zealand/1615-17/04 (H4N6) | 90.9 | 97.6 |
| A/mallard/New Zealand/1365-355/05 (H7N7) | 90.4 | 97.5 |
| A/mallard/New Zealand/479-8/05 (H6N2) | 90.3 | 97.5 |
| A/red-necked stint/Australia/1/04 (H4N8) | 89.1 | 97.2 |
| A/mallard/Ohio/64/89 (H6N8) | 87.2 | 98.4 |
| A/duck/Ohio/470655/07 (H5N2) | 86.8 | 98.4 |
| A/mallard/Alaska/44430-031/08 (H4N6) | 86.7 | 98.4 |
a
Top 3 strains showing similarities to 6KS0185 either at the nucleotide or protein levels, and A/red-necked stint/Australia/1/04 are included. The highest similarity values are underlined.
b
Full-length sequences obtained by the 2nd generation sequencing in this study are compared to the sequences of other strains available in GenBank.