Table 1.

The sequence of primers used for the detection of virulence factors by PCR reaction

Primer	Primer sequence (5´→3´)	Annealing Tm (°C)	Size (bp)	Reference
nucA	F: 5´-GCGATTGATGGTGATACGGTT-3´	53	276	Dehnad et al. (2020)
	R: 5´-CAAGCCTTGACGAACTAAAGC-3´
mecA	F: 5´-AGAAATGACTGAACGTCC-3´	49	305	Dehnad et al. (2020)
	R: 5´-ATTCCACATTGTTTCGGTC-3´
Tsst-1	F: 5´-ACAAGCGCTATTTTTATTTCAG-3´	49	271	Zeinalpour Ahrabi et al. (2019)
	R: 5´-CCCATCCCCAACCACTTTT-3´
Hla	F: 5´-GTACAGTTGCAACTACCT-3´	49	253	Dehnad et al. (2020)
	R: 5´-CTTTCCAGCCTACTTTTTTATCAGT-3´
Hlb	F: 5´-GTGCACTTACTGACAATAGTGC-3´	49	313	Dehnad et al. (2020)
	R: 5´-GTTGATGAGTAGCTACCTTCAGT-3´
Acme-arcA	F: 5´-CTAGGTGCATAAATGTACGTG-3´	49	577	Sabat et al. (2015)
	R: 5´-CCAGAAGTACGCGAGAAC-3´
PVL	F: 5´-AGGTAAAATGTCTGGACATG-3´	49	427	Hoppe et al. (2018)
	R: 5´-GCATCAACTGTATTGGATAGC-3´