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. 2009 Dec 2;48(2):581–585. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00543-09

TABLE 2.

Details of gene loci and corresponding primer sequences used for MLSA

Gene Product Locusa Gene size (bp) Coordinates Size of analyzed polymorphic sequence (bp) G+C content (%) No. of alleles Primer sequence (5′-3′)b
accA2 Acetyl coenzyme A LIC11517 1,667 1874272-1875939 452 41.59 23 + TTGATGCTTATGTTTGGGTTCAAT
    carboxylase α subunit − AGAATCGAATAAATCTAGTTCCT
ccmF Cytochrome c biogenesis LIC10813 2,189 983052-985241 295 40.31 17 + GATATTCCTGTACAATTCCGG
    factor − GGCAGTTTTCTTTTTAATAAC
czcA Heavy-metal efflux pump LIC11937 3,320 2340958-2344278 448 41.75 15 + TCTTTTGGGAGAAATGATCGG
− TAAGTTTGAAAGACTACAACG
gcvP Glycine cleavage system P LIC10309 2,894 350674-353568 275 41.28 14 + AAGAGCTAAAAGATCTGCAGC
    protein − CTGGCCTTGAAATTTCGAACG
groEL 60-kDa chaperonin (Hsp60) LIC11335 1,640 1646985-1648625 553 42.2 26 + TCGCCTCGTCTCCATCCA
− TGACGCAGAATCCATGGTAG
polA DNA polymerase I LIC10586 2,753 711562-714315 432 38.11 12 + TCATAGTCGTTTGAATCTACGGTAAAA
− ATTAAAGATTCCGGTGTAGAACCAA
recF DNA replication and repair LIC10003 1,097 5062-6159 400 31.94 22 + CGGCGGAAAGAAGAAAGTT
    protein RecF − CTCGACTTTTCCTTGTCGAA
a

L. interrogans serovar Copenhageni strain Fiocruz L1-130 has been used as a reference.

b

+, foward primer; −, reverse primer.