Table 1. Forward (F) and Reverse (R) primers for the amplification of 16S rRNA (16S), ITS, rnpB and rpoB fragments for GS-FLX DNA sequencing.

Loci	Primer sequence (5′ to 3′)	Approxiate amplicon length (bp) including primers
16S-F	GAGGTTGATCATGGCTCAG	238–248
16S-R	ACAACGCAGGTCCATCT
ITS-F	AGGTAGCCGTATCGGAAGGT	231–250
ITS-R	YACAGCGTTTTCGGTTTATTT
rnpB-F	GTGCAATTTTTGGATAATCG	248–254
rnpB-R	TGGGTTGCTAGCTTGAGG
rpoB-F	CTGAAGAACGTCTCTTGCAC	245
rpoB-R	CGAGAGACAACCCCTTTRTT