Table 1:

Primers used in this study.

Primer name	Primer sequence (5’−3’)	Target gene	Primer designed
BIF-specific	GGT GTG AAA GTC CAT CGC T	16S-internal transcribed spacer	Turroni et al., 2009[36]
23S_bif	GTC TGC CAA GGC ATC CAC CA
bif_secF	GGT GTG AAA GTC CAT CGC T
bif-secR	CAT GCC CCT ACG TCC AG
Ehal_2FP	ATG CAA GTC GAA CGA AGC AC	16S rRNA	This study
Ehal_2RP	ACC CTG CCA ACC AGC TAA TC
NanH2_2FP	TGG CCG TGT GAT GCT GAA	Sialidase	Sela et al., 2011[38]
NanH2_2RP	CCG GGA GAT GGC GAC ATA