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Table 1.

Examples of claimed 16S universal and general primers

Primer	Primer sequence; This study (underlined sequences)	Reference
U1	5′-CCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACG-3′	[48], This study: QUGP-F6^a
U2	5′-ATCGG(C/T)TACCTTGTTACGACTTC-3′	[48], This study: QUGP-R1^a
909 bp	5′-AAACTCAAAGGAATTGAC-3′	[17]
907R	5′-CCGTCAATTCMTTTGAGTTT-3′	[28]
909 bpR	5′-GACGGGCGGTGTGTACCAA-3′	[17], This study: QUGP-R2^a
8F	5′-GGATCCAGACTTTGATYMTGGCTCAG-3′	[20]
UnF	5′-GAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG-3′	[28], This study: QUGP-F1^a
TPU1	5′-AGAGTTTGATCMTGGCTCAG-3′	[4]
EubB	5′-AGAGTTTGATCMTGGCTCAG-3′	[20], This study: QUGP-F1^a
RTU8 or EubA	5′-AAGGAGGTGATCCANCCRCA-3′	[20]
6R	5′-AGAAAGGAGGTGATCCAGCC-3′	[4]
6R	5′-AGAAAGGAGGTGATCCAGCC-3′	[22]
UnR	5′-GGACTACCAGGGTATCTAAT-3′	[27], This study: QUGP-R3^a
11F	5′-TGGCGAAGGCGGCCCCCTGGA-3′	[35]

^aUnderlined sequence are shared by QUGPs