Table 1.

VNTRs characteristics and primers for PCR amplification [21]

VNTRa	repeat size (bp)	Mu50 N° repeats		oligos	Locus name
Sa0122b	24	10	L	AGCAGTAGTGCCGTTTGCTT	spa
			R	AAGACGATCCTTCAGTGAGCA
Sa0266c	81	6	L	TTGGATATGAAGCGAGACCA	coa
			R	CTTCCGATTGTTCGATGCTT
Sa0311	55	3	L	AGGGTTAGAGCCCGAGACAT	STAR
			R	CACGGGATTGGAACAGAAAT
Sa0704	67	4	L	CGCGCGTGAATCTCTTTTAT	intergenic
			R	AGTCCCATATCGTGCGTTAAA
Sa0906F	56	3	L	CATGTATTCATGGGATTGCAGC	STARd
			R	CAGATTTTC CTTCAACAATTATCAC
Sa1132	63	6	L	CGTGCATAATGGCTTACGAA	SAV1078
			R	AAGCAGCAGAAAAAGCTAAAGAA
Sa1194	67	7	L	AGTGCAAGCGGAAATTGAAG	intergenic
			R	ATCGTGAAAAAGCCCAAAAA
Sa1213F	56	5	L	GGCTGATGCTAAAGTTGCATTAGA	STAR
			R	GTGGCATGTTCTACAAACGTAAAC
Sa1291	64	4	L	GGGGGAAATTCTAAGCAACC	intergenic
			R	CGAAATTTTCCACGTCGATT
Sa1425	58	4	L	TCGTTATTAAACTACGAATTCTCGATT	STAR
			R	ATTTCGRGAATGATTCAATTCAATTTT
Sa1729b	56	5	L	TACTTAAAAATARGAATACATAATTAG	STAR
			R	CAACAATAAATTACTTATTTGAAGTT
Sa1866	159	3	L	CTGTTTTGCAGCGTTTGCTA	SAV1738
			R	GCAACTTGAAGAAACGGTTG
Sa2039	56	3	L	TTCGTTCTACCCCAACTTGC	STAR
			R	GAGCCTGGGTCATAAATTCAA
Sa1756e	131	1	L	AATTATAGCATATTAGAGCCCCTTA	50S ribosomal protein L27
Alias SIRU15			R	ACGTAAAGGTCGCGACAAAA

^a The chromosomal position on the Mu50 genome, in kilobase-pairs is indicated in the VNTR name, for example Sa0120 is at position 120,000.

^b primers different from [39]

^c primers different from [40]

^d STAR stands for S. aureus repeat

^e primers different from SIRU15 [41]