TABLE 2.

Panel of group- and species-specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes

Target	Probe	Sequence (5′ to 3′)c	OPD codea	Reference
Domain Bacteria	EUB 338	GCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT	S-D-Bact-0338-a-A-18	1
	NON 338	ACATCCTACGGGAGGC	NAb	45
Bacteroides-Prevotella	Bac 303	CCAATGTGGGGGACCTT	S-*-Bacto-0303-a-A-17	28
Bacteroides putredinis	Bputre 698	GTTCTGTATGATCTCTAAGC	S-S-Bputr-0698-a-A-20	37
Bacteroides vulgatus	Bvulg 1017	AGATGCCTTGCGGCTTACGGC	S-S-Bvulg-1017-a-A-21	37
Enterobacteria	Enter 1432	CTTTTGCAACCCACT	S-*-Ent-1432-a-A-15	41
Lactobacillus-Streptococcus group	Lab 158	GGTATTAGCAYCTGTTTCCA	S-G-Lab-0158-a-A-20	14
Bifidobacterium group	Bif 164	CATCCGGCATTACCACCC	S-G-Bif-0164-a-A-18	25
Atopobium cluster	Ato 291	GGTCGGTCTCTCAACCC	S-*-Ato-0291-a-A-17	16
Clostridium coccoides-Eubacterium rectale cluster	Erec 482	GCTTCTTAGTCARGTACCG	S-*-Erec-0482-a-A-19	12
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii cluster	Fprau 645	CCTCTGCACTACTCAAGAAAAAC	S-*-Fprau-0645-a-A-23	43
Ruminococcus group	Rbro 730	TAAAGCCCAGYAGGCCGC	S-*-Rbro-0730-a-A-18	15
	cpRbro1d	TAAAGCCCAGYAAGCCGC		26
	cpRbro2d	GGTGCCCAGYAGGCCGC		26
Clostridium viride group	Cvir 1414	GGGTGTTCCCGRCTCTCA	S-*-Cvir-1414-a-A-18	26
	cpCvir1d	GGGTGTTDCCGRCTCTCA		26
	cpCvir2d	GGGTGTTCCCGRCTTTCA		26
	cpCvir3d	GGGTCCCCCCGRCTCTCA		26
Eubacterium cylindroides subgroup	Ecyl 387	CGCGGCATTGCTCGTTCA	S-*-Ecyl-0387-a-A-18	15
Streptococcus-Lactococcus group	Strc 493	GTTAGCCGTCCCTTTCTGG	S-*-Strc-0493-a-A-19	12
	cpStrcd	TTTAGCCGTCCCTTTCTGG		26
Clostridium ramosum assemblage	Cra 757	CCACGCTTTCGKGAMTGA	S-S-Cra-0757-a-A-18	26
	cpCrad	CCACGCTTTCGKGAMTCA		26

^aOPD code, oligonucleotide probe database code.

^bNA, not applicable.

^cSequence in IUPAC code: R = G/A, Y = T/C, M = A/C, K = G/T, S = G/C, W = A/T, H = A/C/T, B = G/T/C, V = G/C/A, D = G/A/T, N = G/A/T/C.

^dCompetitor oligonucleotide probe.