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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
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Genomic Analysis of Novel Poxvirus Brazilian Porcupinepox Virus, Brazil, 2019

Aline S. HoraComments to Author , Sueli A. Taniwaki, Nathana B. Martins, Nataly N.R. Pinto, André E. Schlemper, André L.Q. Santos, Matias P.J. Szabó, and Paulo E. Brandão
Author affiliations: Federal University of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil (A.S. Hora, N.B. Martins, N.N.R. Pinto, A.E. Schlemper, A.L.Q. Santos, M.P.J. Szabó); University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (S.A. Taniwaki, P.E. Brandão)

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Phylogenetic tree constructed in genomic analysis of novel poxvirus Brazilian porcupinepox virus, Brazil, 2019 (boldface). Tree constructed by using the maximum-likelihood method and Jones–Taylor–Thornton model (7) with frequency model for amino acid sequence alignments of the RNA polymerase subunit RPO147, RNA polymerase subunit RPO132, RNA polymerase–associated RAP94, mRNA capping enzyme large subunit, virion major core protein P4a, early transcription factor VETFL, nucleoside-triphosphatase, DNA polymerase, and DNA topoisomerase I genes of selected strains representing different genera of chordopoxvirus with low GC contents and their respective genera. The numbers next to each node represent the values of 1,000 bootstrap repetitions, and only those >50% are shown. Evolutionary analyses were conducted in MEGA X (8). GenBank accession numbers are as follows: Brazilian porcupinepox virus, MK944278.1; camelpox virus, AY009089.1; canarypox virus, NC005309.1; Cotia virus, KM595078.1; cowpox virus, DQ437593.1; deerpox virus, AY689437.1; ectromelia virus, NC004105.1; fowlpox virus, NC002188.1; goatpox virus, MH381810.1; lumpy skin disease virus, NC003027.1; monkeypox virus, DQ011157.1; myxoma virus, NC001132.2; rabbit fibroma virus, NC001266.1; sheeppox virus, NC004002.1; swinepox virus, NC003389.1; taterapox virus, NC008291.1; vaccinia virus, M35027.1; variola major virus, L22579.1; Yaba monkey tumor virus, NC005179.1; Yaba-like disease virus, NC002642.1. Scale bar represents number of substitutions per site.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree constructed in genomic analysis of novel poxvirus Brazilian porcupinepox virus, Brazil, 2019 (boldface). Tree constructed by using the maximum-likelihood method and Jones–Taylor–Thornton model (7) with frequency model for amino acid sequence alignments of the RNA polymerase subunit RPO147, RNA polymerase subunit RPO132, RNA polymerase–associated RAP94, mRNA capping enzyme large subunit, virion major core protein P4a, early transcription factor VETFL, nucleoside-triphosphatase, DNA polymerase, and DNA topoisomerase I genes of selected strains representing different genera of chordopoxvirus with low GC contents and their respective genera. The numbers next to each node represent the values of 1,000 bootstrap repetitions, and only those >50% are shown. Evolutionary analyses were conducted in MEGA X (8). GenBank accession numbers are as follows: Brazilian porcupinepox virus, MK944278.1; camelpox virus, AY009089.1; canarypox virus, NC005309.1; Cotia virus, KM595078.1; cowpox virus, DQ437593.1; deerpox virus, AY689437.1; ectromelia virus, NC004105.1; fowlpox virus, NC002188.1; goatpox virus, MH381810.1; lumpy skin disease virus, NC003027.1; monkeypox virus, DQ011157.1; myxoma virus, NC001132.2; rabbit fibroma virus, NC001266.1; sheeppox virus, NC004002.1; swinepox virus, NC003389.1; taterapox virus, NC008291.1; vaccinia virus, M35027.1; variola major virus, L22579.1; Yaba monkey tumor virus, NC005179.1; Yaba-like disease virus, NC002642.1. Scale bar represents number of substitutions per site.

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