Comparative features of infections of two Massachusetts (Mass) infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) variants isolated from Western Canadian layer flocks

Table 3 Nucleotide identities of 15AB-01 and 15SK-02 across various genes with Mass-type reference strains

Strain	ORF 1a	ORF 1b	S1	S2	ORF 3a	ORF 3b	E	M	ORF 5a	ORF 5b	N
Beaudette	91.5/91.5	99.9/93.9	97.8/97.8	98.1/98.2	97.7/97.1	98.2/98.2	98.7/98.7	98.8/98.8	98.9/98.9	90.8/90.8	92.6/92.7
TN92–03 (India)	93.2/93.2	94.0/93.9	97.2/97.0	98.3/98.4	97.7/98.3	97.0/97.0	98.4/98.4	99.0/99.0	100/100	95.6/95.6	97.6/99.8
Mass41/1972 (USA)	99.7/99.7	99.5/99.5	99.8/99.8	99.2/99.3	98.8/99.4	100/100	99.7/99.7	99.0/99.0	100/100	100/100	99.6/99.8
Mass/USA (AY851295)	100/99.9	99.9/99.9	99.9/99.9	99.9/99.9	100/99.4	100/100	99.7/99.7	100/100	100/100	100/100	99.8/99.6
ck/CH/LHLJ/091205 (China)	99.9/99.9	99.9/99.9	99.9/99.9	99.9/99.9	100/99.4	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/99.8
M41/USA (DQ834384)	100/100	100/99.9	99.9/99.9	99.7/99.7	100/99.4	100/100	100/100	99.9/99.9	100/100	100/100	99.7/99.8
Mass/USA (GQ504724)	100/100	99.9/99.9	99.9/99.9	99.8/99.8	100/99.4	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/100	99.6/99.6	99.8/99.8
M41/1965 (USA)	99.9/99.9	100/100	99.9/99.9	99.8/99.8	98.8/99.4	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/100	99.6/99.8
M41/1985 (USA)	100/100	99.9/100	99.9/100	99.8/99.8	98.8/99.4	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/100	100/100	99.7/99.8

In each cell of the table, the first value is the nucleotide identity shared with the IBV isolate 15AB-01 and the second value is the nucleotide identity shared with the IBV isolate 15SK-02

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