Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch
Genogroup I and II Picobirnaviruses in Respiratory Tracts of Pigs
Saskia L. Smits
, Leo L.M. Poon, Marije van Leeuwen, Pui-Ngan Lau, Harsha K.K. Perera, Joseph S. Malik Peiris, James Simon, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
, Leo L.M. Poon, Marije van Leeuwen, Pui-Ngan Lau, Harsha K.K. Perera, Joseph S. Malik Peiris, James Simon, and Albert D.M.E. OsterhausTable
Pairwise nucleotide sequence identity between genogroup II picobirnaviruses for a 339-bp fragment of the RdRP coding region*
| Strain | 4-GA-91 (AF246940) | VS142–3 (GU968925) | GPBV6G2P (AB526257) | VS4400017 | VS4400028 | VS4400041 | VS4400049 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-GA-91 (AF246940) | 97.1 | 68.8 | 95.3 | 70.5 | 69.6 | 97.9 | |
| VS142–3 (GU968925) | 68.5 | 95.3 | 69.3 | 69.3 | 97.9 | ||
| GPBV6G2P (AB526257) | 67.9 | 79.5 | 75 | 68.2 | |||
| VS4400017 | 69.9 | 69 | 95.6 | ||||
| VS4400028 | 74.7 | 69.9 | |||||
| VS4400041 | 68.8 | ||||||
| VS4400049 |
*Reference strain 4-GA-91, GenBank accession no. AF246940. Values are percentages. Blank spaces indicate 100% identity. RdRP, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
