Table 1.
List of the SARS-CoV complete genome isolates investigated. Included are isolates' labels, IDs, accession numbers, length in nucleotides, dates of revisions considered and countries and sources of isolates.
| Label | ID | Accession No. | Length | Revision date | Country/Source |
| 1. | TWH | Ap006557.1 | 29727 | 02-AUG-2003 | Taiwan: patient #01 |
| TWC2 | Ay362698.1 | 13-AUG-2003 | Taiwan: Hoping Hospital | ||
| 2. | TWC3 | Ay362699.1 | 29727 | 13-AUG-2003 | Taiwan: Hoping Hospital |
| 3. | TWK | Ap006559.1 | 29727 | 02-AUG-2003 | Taiwan: patient #06 |
| 4. | TWS | Ap006560.1 | 29727 | 02-AUG-2003 | Taiwan: patient #04 |
| 5. | TWY | Ap006561.1 | 29727 | 02-AUG-2003 | Taiwan: patient #02 |
| 6. | Urbani | Ay278741.1 | 29727 | 12-AUG-2003 | USA: Atlanta |
| 7. | TWJ | Ap006558.1 | 29725 | 02-AUG-2003 | Taiwan: patient #043 |
| 8. | TWC | Ay321118.1 | 29725 | 26-JUN-2003 | Taiwan, first fatal case |
| 9 | WHU | Ay394850.2 | 29728 | 12-JAN-2004 | China: Wuhan |
| 10. | TW1 | Ay291451.1 | 29729 | 14-MAY-2003 | Taiwan |
| 11. | Frankfurt 1 | Ay291315.1 | 29727 | 11-JUN-2003 | Germany: Frankfurt |
| 12. | FRA | Ay310120.1 | 29740 | 12-DEC-2003 | Germany: patient from Frankfurt |
| 13. | HKU-39849 | Ay278491.2 | 29742 | 29-AUG-2003 | China: Hong Kong |
| 14. | Tor2 | Ay274119.3 | 29751 | 16-MAY-2003 | Canada: Toronto, patient #2 |
| Nc_004718.3 | 06-FEB-2004 | Canada: Toronto, patient #2 | |||
| 15. | HSR 1 | Ay323977.2 | 29751 | 15-OCT-2003 | Italy |
| 16. | CUHK-Su10 | Ay282752.2 | 29736 | 17-NOV-2003 | China: Hong Kong |
| 17. | CUHK-W1 | Ay278554.2 | 29736 | 31-JUL-2003 | China: Hong Kong |
| 18. | GZ50 | Ay304495.1 | 29720 | 05-NOV-2003 | China: Hong Kong |
| 19. | AS | Ay427439.1 | 29711 | 21-OCT-2003 | Italy: Milan |
| 20. | Sin2500 | Ay283794.1 | 29711 | 12-AUG-2003 | Singapore |
| 21. | Sin2679 | Ay283796.1 | 29711 | 12-AUG-2003 | Singapore |
| 22. | Sin2774 | Ay283798.2 | 29711 | 02-OCT-2003 | Singapore |
| 23. | Sin2677 | Ay283795.1 | 29705 | 12-AUG-2003 | Singapore |
| 24. | Sin2748 | Ay283797.1 | 29706 | 12-AUG-2003 | Singapore |
| 25. | BJ01 | Ay278488.2 | 29725 | 01-MAY-2003 | China: Beijing |
| 26. | BJ02 | Ay278487.3 | 29745 | 05-JUN-2003 | China: Beijing |
| 27. | BJ03 | Ay278490.3 | 29740 | 05-JUN-2003 | China: Beijing |
| 28. | BJ04 | Ay279354.2 | 29732 | 05-JUN-2003 | China: Beijing |
| 29. | Taiwan TC1 | Ay338174.1 | 29573 | 28-JUL-2003 | Taiwan |
| 30. | Taiwan TC2 | Ay338175.1 | 29573 | 28-JUL-2003 | Taiwan |
| 31. | Taiwan TC3 | Ay348314.1 | 29573 | 29-JUL-2003 | Taiwan |
| 32. | GD01 | Ay278489.2 | 29757 | 18-AUG-2003 | China: Beijing |
| 33. | SZ3 | Ay304486.1 | 29741 | 05-NOV-2003 | China: Hong Kong |
| 34. | SZ16 | Ay304488.1 | 29731 | 05-NOV-2003 | China: Hong Kong |
| 35. | ZJ01 | Ay297028.1 | 29715 | 19-MAY-2003 | China: Beijing |
| 36. | ZMY 1 | Ay351680.1 | 29749 | 03-AUG-2003 | China: Guangdong |