Table 2.

Name, sequence and previous publication of primers used for primer walking in this study; all primers were designed on a Tritrichomonas foetus sequence with the GenBank accession number: M81842.

Primer pair	Forward sequence	Reverse sequence	Publication
PP1	57F: 5′-TTG ATA CTT GGT TGA TCC TGC-3′	217R: 5′-CAG AAT TAC TGC TGC TAT CC-3′	This paper
PP2	154F: 5′-ACA CGC TCA GAA TCT ACT TG-3′	408R: 5′-CGT GGA TAT AGT CGC TAT CT-3′	This paper
PP3	331F: 5′-GGT AGG CTA TCA CGG GTA AC-3′	578R: 5′-ACT YGC AGA GCT GGA ATT AC-3′	Mostegl et al. (2010)
PP4	451F: 5′-GGT GGT AAT GAC CAG TTA CA-3′	711R: 5′-CAT ACT GCG CTA AGT CAT TC-3′	This paper
PP5	553F: 5′-GCT GCG GTA ATT CCA GCT CT-3′	830R: 5′-CCC TCT AGG TAG ATG CTT TC-3′	This paper
PP6	690F: 5′-AGG AAT GAC TTA GCG CAG TA-3′	964R: 5′-CCC AAG AAC TAT GAT TTC TC-3′	This paper
PP7	909F: 5′-ACA GGG GCT TGT CCT TTT AT-3′	1192R: 5′-TCG CTC GTT ATC TGA ATC AA-3′	This paper
PP8	1064F: 5′-AAC TTA CCA GGA CCA GAT GT-3′	1357F: 5′-CAG CAT CTC TTT GAT CCT AAC A-3′	Based on Mostegl et al. (2011)
PP9	1279F: 5′-AGC AAT AAC AGG TCC GTG AT-3′	1445R: 5′-ACA AGG GAT TCC TGG TTC AT-3′	This paper
PP10	1327F: 5′-GCG CTA CAA TGT TAG GAT CA-3′	1548R: 5′-CGC AAG GTC CGA TAA TTT CA-3′	This paper
PP11	1506F: 5′-CTC CTA CCG ATT GGA TGA CT-3′	1744R: 5′-GTG TAA GAA GCC AAG ACA TC-3′	This paper
PP12	1596F: 5′-CAA GGT AAC GGT AGG TGA AC-3′	1897R: 5′-AAA TTA ATA TGG GTT ACT GT-3′	This paper
PP13	1753F: 5′-ACG TTG CAT AAT GCG ATA AG-3′	2031R: 5′-TCG GTC GCA CTT ACT AAG AG-3′	This paper