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Table 2 Primers used in this study

From: O-serogroups, virulence genes, antimicrobial susceptibility, and MLST genotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from swine and cattle in Central China

Primers

Sequences (5′-3′)

Annealing Temp. (°C)

Product size (bp)

Function

References

Bacterial identification and virulence genotyping

 stx1-F

ACACTGGATGATCTCAGTGG

60

614

Amplifying stx1

Botteldoorn et al., 2003b

 stx1-R

CTGAATCCCCCTCCATTATG

 stx2-F

GGCACTGTCTGAAACTGCTCC

64

255

Amplifying stx2

Leung et al., 2001d

 stx2-R

TCGCCAGTTATCTGACATTCTG

 16S-F

ATGGCTCAGATTGAACGC

50

1505

Amplifying 16 SrRNA

REN et al., 2012g

 16S-R

CAGGTTCCCCTACGGTTA

 eae-F

GTGGCGAATACTGGCGAGACT

64

890

Amplifying eae

Nielsen et al., 2003e

 eae-R

CCCCATTCTTTTTCACCGTCG

 ehxA-F

GCATCATCAAGCGTACGTTCC

60

534

Amplifying ehxA

Bandyopadhyay et al., 2011a

 ehxA-R

AATGAGCCAAGCTGGTTAAGCT

 saa-F

CCTCACATCTTCTGCAAATACC

60

1688

Amplifying saa

Paton et al., 2001f

 saa-R

GTTGTCGTTCATATTTTACCATCCAATGGACATG

MLST genotyping

 Adk-F1

TCATCATCTGCACTTTCCGC

54

583

Amplifying adk

Ding et al., 2012c

 Adk-R1

CCAGATCAGCGCGAACTTCA

 FumC-F1

TCACAGGTCGCCAGCGCTTC

54

806

Amplifying fumC

 FumC-R1

GTACGCAGCGAAAAAGATTC

 GyrB-F1

TCGGCGACACGGATGACGGC

60

911

Amplifying gyrB

 GyrB-R1

ATCAGGCCTTCACGCGCATC

 Icd-F1

ATGGAAAGTAAAGTAGTTGTT CCGGCACA

54

878

Amplifying icd

 Icd-R1

GGACGCAGCAGGATCTGTT

 Mdh-F1

ATGAAAGTCGCAGTCCTCGGC GCTGCTGGCGG

60

932

Amplifying mdh

 Mdh-R1

TTAACGAACTCCTGCCCCAGAGCGATATCTTTCTT

 PurA-F1

TCGGTAACGGTGTTGTGCTG

54

816

Amplifying purA

 PurA-R1

CATACGGTAAGCCACGCA GA

 RecA-F1

CGCATTCGCTTTACCCTGACC

58

780

Amplifying recA

 RecA-R1

TCGTCGAAATCTACGGACCGGA

 Adk-F2

TCATCATCTGCACTTTCCGC

–

–

adk Sequencing

 Adk-R2

CCAGATCAGCGCGAACTTCA

 FumC-F2

TCACAGGTCGCCAGCGCTTC

–

–

fumC Sequencing

 FumC-R2

TCCCGGCAGATAAGCTGTGG

 GyrB-F2

TCGGCGACACGGATGACGGC

–

–

gyrB Sequencing

 GyrB-R2

GTCCATGTAGGCGTTCAGGG

 Icd-F2

ATGGAAAGTAAAGTAGTTGTTCCGGCACA

–

–

icd Sequencing

 Icd-R2

GGACGCAGCAGGATCTGTT

 Mdh-F2

AGCGCGTTCTGTTCAAATGC

–

–

mdh Sequencing

 Mdh-R2

CAGGTTCAGAACTCTCTCTGT

 PurA-F2

CGCGCTGATGAAAGAGATGA

–

–

purA Sequencing

 PurA-R2

CATACGGTAAGCCACGCAGA

 RecA-F2

ACCTTTGTAGCTGTACCACG

–

–

recA Sequencing

 RecA-R2

TCGTCGAAATCTACGGACCGGA

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