Table 1 Nucleotide identities (%) and amino-acid similarities (% in brackets) of partial S1 gene of ten Syrian IBV isolates with reference IBV strains

1

Ha1T^b(MT010135)^a

-

99.7

(99.0)

99.7

(99.0)

99.7

(95.2)

99.6

(100)

99.4

(98.1)

100.0

(100)

96.8

(93.3)

100.0

(100)

99.4

(100)

99.4 (98.1)

89.5

(87.5)

99.0

(97.1)

82.3

(83.7)

82.5

(82.7)

81.8

(79.8)

81.8

(79.8)

2

T1T^b(MT010132)^a

-

99.3

(98.0)

99.7

(99.0)

99.3

(98.9)

99.0

(97.0)

99.7

(99.0)

97.0

(93.3)

99.7

(99.0)

99.0

(99.0)

99.3 (98.0)

89.0

(86.9)

99.0

(97.0)

81.7

(81.8)

81.9

(80.8)

80.9

(77.8)

80.9

(77.8)

3

Ho1T^b(MT010133)^a

-

99.7

(99.0)

99.3

(98.8)

99.0

(97.0)

99.7

(99.0)

97.3

(94.9)

99.7

(99.0)

99.0

(99.0)

99.3 (98.0)

89.7

(87.9)

99.0

(97.0)

81.4

(82.8)

82.1

(81.8)

81.1

(78.8)

81.1

(78.8)

4

T2K^b(MT010131)^a

-

99.6

(100)

99.0

(93.3)

99.7

(95.2)

96.5

(89.4)

99.7

(95.2)

99.0

(95.2)

99.0 (94.2)

89.2

(83.7)

98.7

(93.3)

82.0

(78.8)

82.2

(77.9)

81.6

(75.0)

81.6

(75.0)

5

T3T^b(MT010130)^a

-

98.9

(97.8)

99.6

(100

96.4

(93.4)

99.6

(100)

99.3

(100)

98.6 (98.9)

89.9

(89.5)

98.3

(97.9)

83.5

(84.0)

83.3

(83.2)

81.5

(80.0)

81.4

(79.6)

6

T4T^b(MT010129)^a

-

99.4

(98.1)

96.2

(91.3)

99.4

(98.1)

98.7

(98.1)

98.7

( 96.2)

88.9

(85.6)

98.4

(95.2)

82.3

(83.7)

82.5

(82.7)

81.2

(77.9)

81.2

(77.9)

7

T5T^b(MT010128)^a

-

96.8

(93.3)

100.0

(100)

99.4

(100)

99.4 (98.1)

89.5

(87.5)

99.0

(97.1)

82.3

(83.7)

82.5

(82.7)

81.8

(79.8)

81.8

(79.8)

8

Ha2Tb(MT010134)*

-

96.8

(93.3)

96.2

(93.3)

97.5 (95.2)

88.2

(85.6)

97.1

(94.2)

80.6

(80.8)

82.8

(82.7)

80.9

(77.9)

80.9

(77.9)

9

T6K^b(MT010127)^a

-

99.4

(100)

99.1 (98.1)

89.3

(87.7)

98.7

(97.2)

82.5

(84.0)

82.7

(83.0)

82.1

(80.2)

82.1

(80.2)

10

T7K^b(MT010126)^a

-

98.7 (98.1)

89.5

(87.5)

98.4

(79.8)

82.3

(83.7)

81.8

(82.7)

81.8

(79.8)

81.8

(79.8)

11

IS/1494/06 ( EU780077)^a

-

88.3

(88.8)

99.5

(98.1)

82.3

(82.2)

79.1

(83.2)

79.9

(78.5)

81.4

(78.5)

12

IS/885 (AY279533.1)^a

-

91.1

(88.3)

82.8

(80.6)

79.0

(81.1)

78.6

(76.6)

80.7

(76.6)

13

Egypt/Beni-Suef/01(JX174183)^a

-

81.6

(81.7)

80.5

(82.5)

81.4

(79.1)

80.9

(78.5)

14

MHW-QX-KDL-3-2012 (MH671340.1)^a

-

82.0

(84.3)

80.2

(73.6)

78.6

(74.8)

15

strain 4/91 ( KF377577.1)^a

-

77.3

(74.6)

77.6

(73.8)

16

H120 ( KF188436.1)^a

-

100

(100)

17

Ma5 ( KU736747 )^a

-