Research Article

Whole-Genome Comparison of Representatives of All Variants of SARS-CoV-2, Including Subvariant BA.2 and the GKA Clade

Table 1

Insertion/deletion pattern and its location at the whole genome of representatives of various variants of SARS-CoV-2.

NoPositionD6485-6487D11260-11268D21605-21613D21959-21967D21965-21967I21968-21971D22005-22010D22170-22172I22181-22189D22266-22274D26143-26146D27055-27067D28351-28359D29723-29748
Location at the genomeORF1ABORF1ABSpikeSpikeSpikeSpikeSpikeSpikeSpikeSpikeORF3AMANP3′UTR
Virus strain

1WH-1
2A-1++
3A-2++
4B-1++
5B-2+
6G-1+
7G2+
8D-1+
9D2+
10L-1
11L-2
12M-1++
13M-2++
14O-1+++
15O-2++++++
16BA2-1++++++
17BA2-2++++
18GKA-1
19GKA-2+
20GH-1
21GH-2

N: no insertion/deletion; P: positive insertion/deletion; Position based on aligned sequence starting from nucleotide no. 1 of Wuhan-Hu-1; Location in the genome was based on GenBank data of Wuhan-Hu-1; Virus strains and GISAID codes WH-1 is Wuhan-Hu-1, A-1 is Alpha EPI ISL 1489174, A-2 is Alpha EPI ISL 1489173, B-1 is Beta EPI ISL 660190, B-2 is Beta EPI ISL 660613, G-1 is Gamma EPI ISL 811149, G-2 is Gamma EPI ISL 87219, D-1 is Delta EPI ISL 1544014, D-2 is Delta EPI ISL 1838642, L-1 is Lambda EPI ISL 1111127, L-2 is Lambda EPI ISL 1111341, M-1 is Mu EPI ISL 2339799, M-2 is Mu EPI ISL 2339801, O-1 is Omicron EPI ISL 9010924, O-2 is Omicron EPI ISL 9042199, BA2-1 is BA2 LSPA-3B08C6A, BA2-2 is BA2 HSLL-3B08857, GKA-1 is EPI ISL 9021856, GKA-2 is HDF-IPP08027, GH-1 is GH/490 EPI ISL 6316493, and GH-2 is GH/490 ISL 7702915.