Table I.

List of primers used in the simplex PCR for the detection of virulence associated genes in B. cereus

Gene	Primer (5’ →3’)	Amplicon (bp)
hblA	B component of haemolysin BL
	HBLA1:GTGCAGATGTTGATGCCGAT	320
	HBLA2:ATGCCACTGCGTGGACATAT
hblD	L1 component of haemolysin BL
	LIA:AATCAAGAGCTGTCACGAAT	430
	L1B:CACCAATTGACCATGCTAAT
hblC	L2 component of haemolysin BL
	L2A:AATGGTCATCGGAACTCTAT	750
	L2B:CTCGCTGTTCTGCTGTTAAT
nheA	A component of non-haemolytic ET
	nheA 344S: TACGCTAAGGAGGGGCA	500
	nheA 843A: GTTTTTATTGCTTCATCGGCT
nheB	B component of non-haemolytic ET
	nheB 1500S:CTATCAGCACTTATGGCAG	770
	nheB 2269A:ACTCCTAGCGGTGTTCC
nheC	C component of non-haemolytic ET
	nheC 2820S:CGGTAGTGATTTGCTGGG	582
	nheC 3401A:CAGCATTCGTACTTGCCAA