Table 1.

Top ranking FMDV SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 serotype-specific genetic signatures generated by Neptune version 1.2.5 software.

FMDV serotype	Gene	Genome location	Sequence (5′ → 3′)
SAT1	1D (VP1)	3200	CTGAACCAGTCACAACTGATGCCTCACAACATGGTGGTAACGCCCGTCCCACACGGCGATACCACACCAATGTTGAGTTCTTGCTTGACCGTTTCACGCTCATAGGCAAGACACACAACAACAAAATGGTTTTGGACATGCTACGGACCGAGA
SAT2	1D (VP1)	3600	CCGATGTCGTCACGACCGGCCCTGCCACACACGGTGGTGTTGCAAACACTGCGCGACGTGCCCACACAGACGTCGCTTTCTTGCTGGATCGCAGCACACACGTGTACACCAACAAAACGTCATTCAGCGTCGATCTCATGGAAACAAAGG
SAT3	1D (VP1)	3549	CAACGGATCCTGTAAATACACCAAAACGCGAAGTGTTGGCCCGCGCCGTGGAGACTTGGCNACGCTGGCACAACGCGTAGAAACTGAGCAAGCAAGGTGTATACCCACGACATTCAACTTCGGTCGTTTGTTGTGTGATTCAGGTGAGGTGTACTACCGCATGAAGCGA

Genomic numbering corresponds to the consensus sequences generated from MAFFT alignments of 286 FMDV SAT1 sequences, 378 SAT2 sequences and 50 SAT3 sequences.