Table 2.

Names, sequences and specificities of rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes used.

Probe	Systematic name1	Sequence (5'-3')	Specificity
Eub3382	S-D-Bact-0338-a-A-18	GCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT	Domain bacteria
NON-Eub3382	S-*-non-0338-a-S-18	CGACGGAGGGCATCCTCA	Unspecific control probe
SER14103	L-G-Brachy-1410-a-A-19	GTCATTCCATCGAAACATA	Genus Brachyspira
Pilosi2093	S-S-B.pilo-0209-a-A-18	GCTCATCGTGAAGCGAAA	B. pilosicoli
Br1622	S-S-Br1622-0637-a-A-18	CCAAGATCTACAGTATCC	Br1622
Treponema	S-G-Trepon-0728-a-A-18	TCGGCCAGAAACCCGCCT	Treponema spp.
Borrelia	S-G-Borre-0688-a-A-18	TATCAACAGATTCCACCC	Borrelia spp.
Leptospira	S-G-Leptospi-1414-a-A-18	CGGGTGCTCCCCACTCAG	Leptospira spp.

¹ According to the Oligonucleotide Probe Database (OPD) nomenclature [1].

² [2].

³ [3].