Phylogenetic analysis of the gene encoding the
full spike protein (nucleotides 21450 to 25511)
and the whole genome indicated that the MERSCoV
isolates obtained from the patient and
from Camel B were closely related to the Riyadh
3/2013 isolate (KF600613.1), the MERS coronavirus
isolate (known as the Munich/Abu Dhabi
isolate) (KF192507.1), the betacoronavirus England
1 isolate (KC164505.2), and the human betacoronavirus
2c England-Qatar/2012 isolate
(KC667074.1), with 99.8% similarity in sequence
identity matrix (Fig. 2). Similar topology was also
observed for other viral genes obtained in this
study.