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The gene encoding the attachment glycoprotein (G) was sequenced in three French isolates of-subgroup C avian metapneumovirus (APV-C) from ducks. With 1771 nt, this gene proved as long as recently published for North-American APV-C isolates from turkeys. The nt sequences of the duck viruses shared 99% identity but proved only 75–83% identical with their North-American counterparts, viruses of both origins encoding 585 amino acid (aa)-long G proteins. Alignments revealed more homogeneity within the European and North-American groups (at least 98 and 79% aa identity, respectively) than between European and North-American viruses (at best 70% a identity), and confirmed the presence of an extracellular divergent domain (positions 302–484) in APV-C G. A phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that North-American and French isolates of APV-C belonged to significantly different genetic lineages, in agreement with the different geographical origin and host species of these viruses.
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While this paper was in press, the nucleotide sequence of the G gene of a goose metapneumovirus isoloted in the United States was published (Bennet et al. 2005 J. Virol. 79(23) 14834–14842). The phylogenetic analysis reported above was reported including the sequence of the goose metapneumovirus. The results show that within the subgroup C cluster, the goose virus groups significantly together with the other North-American isolates (bootstrap values >95%), not with the European duck isolates. This result suggests that the genetic lineages described in the present paper may be more related to the geographical origin rather than to the host species of the studied avian metapneumovirus isolates.
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This work was supported by the European Commission for shared-cost RTD actions (“HAMMoCS” programme, QLK2-CT-2002-01699) (D T., N.E.), and by European Feder funds 1661 and by Conseil Regional de Bretagne (programme 0691 – P3643) (O.G.). The authors wish to thank Dr E. Reperant for her help with the manuscript.
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The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper have been submitted to the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ nucleotide sequence databases and have been assigned the accession numbers AJ811991, AJ811992 and AJ811993.
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Toquin, D., Guionie, O., Jestin, V. et al. European and American Subgroup C Isolates of Avian Metapneumovirus belong to Different Genetic Lineages. Virus Genes 32, 97–103 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-005-5850-3
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