Table 3.

Comparison of the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the membrane protein genes of Chinese PEDV isolates and PEDV reference strains

Strains	Br1/87	Chinju99	CV777	JMe2	JS-2004-2	KPEDV-9	KPEDV-9F	LJB/03	LZC	QH	CH/HLJH/06	CH/HNCH/06	CH/IMB/06	CH/IMT/06	CH/JSX/06	CH/SHH/06
Br1/87	–	98.7	99.9	99.1	98.4	98.7	98.2	97.8	98.8	98.4	98.8	98.7	98.7	99.0	99.3	98.7
Chinju99	97.3	–	98.8	99.3	97.9	98.8	98.4	97.4	97.8	97.9	98.4	98.2	98.2	98.2	98.5	98.2
CV777	99.6	97.8	–	99.3	98.5	98.8	98.4	97.9	99.0	98.5	99.0	98.8	98.8	99.1	99.4	98.8
JMe2	98.7	98.7	99.1	–	98.4	99.3	98.8	97.8	98.2	98.4	98.8	98.7	98.7	98.7	99.0	98.7
JS-2004-2	98.7	97.8	99.1	99.1	–	97.9	97.5	97.7	97.5	98.2	99.0	98.5	98.5	98.5	98.8	98.5
KPEDV-9	97.3	97.3	97.8	98.7	97.8	–	99.0	97.4	97.8	97.9	98.4	98.2	98.2	98.2	98.5	98.2
KPEDV-9F	97.8	97.8	98.2	99.1	98.2	98.7	–	96.9	97.4	97.5	97.9	97.8	97.8	97.8	98.1	97.8
LJB/03	97.3	96.5	97.8	97.8	96.9	96.5	96.9	–	96.9	98.5	97.2	97.7	97.7	97.4	97.7	97.7
LZC	97.8	96.0	98.2	97.3	97.3	96.0	96.5	96.0	–	97.5	97.9	97.8	97.8	98.1	98.4	97.8
QH	98.7	97.8	99.1	99.1	98.2	97.8	98.2	97.8	97.3	–	97.8	98.2	98.2	97.9	98.2	98.2
CH/HLJH/06	98.7	97.8	99.1	99.1	100.0	97.8	98.2	96.9	97.3	98.2	–	99.0	99.0	99.0	99.6	99.0
CH/HNCH/06	99.1	98.2	99.6	99.6	98.7	98.2	98.7	98.2	97.8	99.6	98.7	–	100.0	98.8	99.4	100.0
CH/IMB/06	99.1	98.2	99.6	99.6	98.7	98.2	98.7	98.2	97.8	99.6	98.7	100.0	–	98.8	99.4	100.0
CH/IMT/06	98.7	96.9	99.1	98.2	98.2	96.9	97.3	96.9	97.3	98.2	98.2	98.7	98.7	–	99.4	98.8
CH/JSX/06	99.6	97.8	100.0	99.1	99.1	97.8	98.2	97.8	98.2	99.1	99.1	99.6	99.6	99.1	–	99.4
CH/SHH/06	99.1	98.2	99.6	99.6	98.7	98.2	98.7	98.2	97.8	99.6	98.7	100	100.0	98.7	99.6	–

Nucleotide identity (%) in upper triangle; Deduced amino acid identity (%) in lower triangle