TABLE 2.

Oligonucleotide probes to detect the ttrC gene sequence in serovar Typhimurium

Sequencea	% Similarity	Ratio (± SDd)
ATGACGCATTCACTCATCATTGAAGAAGTGCTGGCTCACCCGCAGGACATTAGCTGG	100	1.00
TACCTTGGAAGGTAGTTCATTGAAGAAGTGCTGGCTCACCCGCAGGACATTAGCTGG	72	0.423 ± 0.06
ATGACGCATTCACTCATCATTGAAGAAGTGCTGGCTCACCCAGGCTTGCAAGCTACC	72	0.713 ± 0.04
ATGACGCATTCACTCATCATTCTTCTTCACGACCGAGACCCGCAGGACATTAGCTGG	72	0.853 ± 0.19
ATCAGGCAATGACACTTCATAGTAGATGTGGTCGCAGACGCGCACGAGATTACCTCGb	70	0.061 ± 0.02
ATCACGGATTCTCTCATGATTGTAGAAGAGCTCGCTCACGCGCACGACATTACCTGCb	81	0.268 ± 0.04
ATGACGCAATCACTCATGATTGAAGAACTGCTGGCTCTCCCGCAGGAGATTAGCTGCb	89	0.066 ± 0.02
ATAACTCAGTCGCTAATTATCGACGACGTACTGGCGCACACGTAGTACGTTCGCCGGc	70	0.066 ± 0.02
ATGATGCATGCACTAATCAGTGAATAAGTACTGGATCACTCGCCGGACGTTAGCCGGc	81	0.257 ± 0.13
CTGACGCAGTCACTCATAATTGAAGAATTGCTGGCTCGCCCGCAGGATATTAGCTGGc	89	0.575 ± 0.04

^aNucleotide changes to the original ttrC probe sequence are indicated in bold.

^bPurine bases in nucleotides were exchanged by pyrimidine bases.

^cPyrimidine bases in nucleotides were exchanged by purine bases.

^dSD, standard deviation.