TABLE 3.

Pairwise nucleotide distances among six California CMV isolates and a reference subgroup IB isolate for the 2a, 2b, MP, and CP genes

Gene and isolate	Pairwise nucleotide distance between the indicated isolatesa
2a gene	C94M3	C94T1	SJ91B	CK33	V27	CK31
C94M3
C94T1	0.0243
SJ91B	0.0167	0.0299
CK33	0.0242	0.0337	0.0222
V27	0.0318	0.0414	0.0298	0.0111
CK31	0.0242	0.0337	0.0222	0.0037	0.0111
NT9	0.0653	0.0754	0.0711	0.0671	0.0752	0.0632
2b gene	C94M3	C94T1	SJ91B	CK31	CK33	V27
C94M3
C94T1	0.0306
SJ91B	0.0401	0.0338
CK31	0.0527	0.0526	0.0494
CK33	0.0527	0.0526	0.0494	0.0000
V27	0.0591	0.0526	0.0526	0.0060	0.0060
NT9	0.1505	0.1647	0.1502	0.1498	0.1498	0.1462
CP gene	SJ91B	C94T1	CK31	CK33	C94M3	V27
SJ91B
C94T1	0.0048
CK31	0.0048	0.0063
CK33	0.0079	0.0095	0.0095
C94M3	0.0404	0.0421	0.0420	0.0387
V27	0.0371	0.0388	0.0387	0.0354	0.0032
NT9	0.0640	0.0640	0.0623	0.0623	0.0589	0.0555
MP gene	SJ91B	CK33	CK31	C94T1	C94M3	V27
SJ91B
CK33	0.0092
CK31	0.0092	0.0131
C94T1	0.0105	0.0144	0.0118
C94M3	0.0305	0.0264	0.0291	0.0251
V27	0.0238	0.0198	0.0251	0.0238	0.0065
NT9	0.0682	0.0667	0.0653	0.0597	0.0611	0.0626

^aFor specific isolate information, see Lin et al. (22).