Table. Oligonucleotide primers used for screening and sequencing of Entamoeba bangladeshi nov. sp., Bangladesh*.

Target organism	Primer name	Primer sequence, 5′ → 3′	Reference
Broad specificity Entamoeba sp.	Entagen-F	ACT TCA GGG GGA GTA TGG TCA C	(7)
	Entagen-R	CAA GAT GTC TAA GGG CAT CAC AG	(7)
E. histolytica	Eh-F	AAC AGT AAT AGT TTC TTT GGT TAG TAA AA	(9)
	Eh-R	CTT AGA ATG TCA TTT CTC AAT TCA T	(9)
	Eh-YYT Probe	YYT-ATT AGT ACA AAA TGG CCA ATT CAT TCA-Dark Quencher	(9)
E. moshkovskii	Em-1	CTC TTC ACG GGG AGT GCG	(8)
	Em-2	TCG TTA GTT TCA TTA CCT	(8)
	nEm-1	GAA TAA GGA TGG TAT GAC	(8)
	nEm-2	AAG TGG AGT TAA CCA CCT	(8)
E. dispar	E-1	TTT GTA TTA GTA CAA A	(10)
	E-2	GTA [A/G]TA TTG ATA TAC T	(10)
	Ed-1	AGT GGC CAA TTT ATG TAA GT	(10)
	Ed-2	TTT AGA AAC AAT GTT TCT TC	(10)

*Boldface indicates the probe fluorophore and quencher.