Table 2.
Nucleotide sequence identities between the BHM26 and BJ50 and the referenced BEV-B cluster strains by comparisons of subgenomic regions
| Region | Strain | BEV-B cluster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJ50 | BEV-261 | PS87/Belfast | PS89 | PS87/Maryland | Wye-3A | ||
| 5′ UTR | BHM26 | 88.6 | 87.6 | 87.7 | 86.4 | 86.6 | 87.1 |
| BJ50 | – | 90.2 | 89 | 88 | 88.1 | 89.6 | |
| 3′ UTR | BHM26 | 94.1 | 94.1 | 95.6 | 95.6 | 94.1 | 94.1 |
| BJ50 | – | 95.9 | 95.9 | 97.3 | 95.9 | 97.3 | |
| P1 | BHM26 | 80.6 | 73.9 | 69.1 | 75.2 | 75.2 | 75.3 |
| BJ50 | – | 72.4 | 70.2 | 75.9 | 75.9 | 75.4 | |
| P2 | BHM26 | 80.9 | 74.9 | 77.7 | 78.8 | 78.7 | 78.8 |
| BJ50 | – | 78.1 | 78.3 | 80.8 | 80.7 | 80.4 | |
| P3 | BHM26 | 82.2 | 82.1 | 80.4 | 80.4 | 80.3 | 81.3 |
| BJ50 | – | 84.5 | 84.9 | 84.0 | 83.8 | 84.6 | |
Bold values indicate the highest level of nucleotide sequence identities between the BHM26 and BJ50 isolates and the representative BEV strains