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. 1998 Jan;11(1):142–201. doi: 10.1128/cmr.11.1.142

TABLE 2.

Nucleotide sequences of PCR oligonucleotide primers and oligonucleotide probes for diarrheagenic E. coli strains

Category Factor PCR oligonucleotidesa Reference Oligonucleotide probe Reference
ETEC STI TTAATAGCACCCGGTACAAGCAGG 492 GCTGTGAATTGTGTTGTAATCC 457
CTTGACTCTTCAAAAGAGAAAATTAC GCTGTGAACTTTGTTGTAATCC
LT GGCGACAGATTATACCGTGC 581 GCGAGAGGAACACAAACCGG 581
CCGAATTCTGTTATATATGTC
EPEC eae b
EAF CAGGGTAAAAGAAAGATGATAA 214 TATGGGGACCATGTATTATCA 313
TATGGGGACCATGTATTATCA
BFP AATGGTGCTTGCGCTTGCTGC 268 GCTACGGTGTTAATATCTCTGGCG 462
GCCGCTTTATCCAACCTGGTA
EHEC eae CAGGTCGTCGTGTCTGCTAAA 234 ACTGAAAGCAAGCGGTGGTG 691
TCAGCGTGGTTGGATCAACCT (O157:H7-specific)
SLTI TTTACGATAGACTTCTCGAC 223 GATGATCTCAGTGGGCGTTC 270
CACATATAAATTATTTCGCTC (SLT-I AND II)
SLTII As above TCTGAAACTGCTCCTGTGTA 270
Plasmid ACGATGTGGTTTATTCTGGA 223 CCGTATCTTATAATAAGACGGATGTTGG 223
CTTCACGTCACCATACATAT
EIEC ial CTGGATGGTATGGTGAGG 579 CCATCTATTAGAATACCTGTG 579
GGAGGCCAACAATTATTTCC
EAEC Plasmid CTGGCGAAAGACTGTATCAT 576 None
CAATGTATAGAAATCCGCTGTT
a

Each primer is written 5′-3′. See the text for abbreviations and discussion. 

b

No oligonucleotide primers have yet been described which will detect specifically all human EPEC strains. (See reference 234.)