Table 2. Extent of sequence identity of tk/ON/7732/66 genome segments to 1965–1968 North American turkey isolates.
The highest levels of nucleotide identity for each gene are indicated in bold. nd, Not determined.
| Gene(s) | Virus | |||||
| ON66 (H5N9) | ON66 (H5N1) | WI68 (H5N9) | ON68 (H8N4) | MA65 (H6N2) | WI66 (H9N2) | |
| PB2 | 100.0 | 99.3 | 98.8 | 96.5 | 98.2 | 91.0 |
| PB1 | 100.0 | 98.5 | 98.4 | 98.9 | <90 | <90 |
| PA | 100.0 | 99.2 | 93.7 | <91 | 94.9 | <91 |
| HA | 100.0 | 97.8 | 97.4 | nd | nd | nd |
| NP* | 100.0 | 96.2 | <95 | <95 | 95.0 | <95 |
| NA | 100.0 | nd | 98.5 | nd | nd | nd |
| M1/2† | 100.0 | <96 | <96 | 97.1 | <96 | <96 |
| NS1/2 | 100.0 | 99.1 | <96 | 98.2 | 97.9 | 96.8 |
*
A/duck/Manitoba/1/1953 (H10N7) possessed the highest identity (96.9 %) by blast analysis.
†
A/turkey/California/189/66 (H9N2) possessed the highest identity (99.2 %) by blast analysis.