Table 1.

Oligonucleotide probes used for multiplex assay

Oligo IDa	Species from which the sequence was derived	Accession No.b	Probe sequence (5′-3′)	Length
1b	Proteus mirabilis	AF146762	ATA GCC CCG TAT CTG AAG ATG CT	23
2a	Klebsiella oxytoca	AF146763	TCC CGT ACA CTA AAA CGC ACA GG	23
3c	Salmonella enterica	U77923	AGA GCC TGA ATC AGC ATG TGT	21
4b	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Y00432	GCT TCA TTG ATT TTA GCG GAA C	22
4c	Haemophilus influenzae	U32742	GTG AGG AGA ATG TGT TGG GAA G	22
5a	Streptococcus pneumoniae	M60763	GGT TGT AGG ACT GCA ATG TGG ACT C	25
5b	Enterococcus faecalis	AF146765	GGT AGT CTG TTA GTA TAG TTG AAG	24
5c	Aeromonas hydrophila	X87281	TGG AAC GGT CCT GGA AAG GC	20
6b	Enterococcus faecium	AF146766	GGT AGT TCT TTC AGA TAG TCG G	22
7a	Staphylococcus aureus	X68425	ACG GAG TTA CAA AGG ACG ACA TTA	24
8a	Staphylococcus epidermidis	AF146770	ACG GAG TTA CAA AAG AAC ATG TTA GTT TTT	30
8c	Staphylococcus haemolyticus	AF146772	ACG GAG TTA CAA AGG AAT ATA TTA GTT TTT	30
9a	Burkholderia cepacia	X16368	CGT ATT GTT AGC CGA ACG CTC T	22
9b	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	AF146773	AGC CCT GTA TCT GAA AGG GCC A	22
9c	Listeria spp.	X64533	ACG GAG TTA CAA AAG AAA GTT ATA A	25

^aAs published by Anthony et al.(2000);

^bSequence used as a reference for the corresponding probe