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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Water Health. 2012 Dec;10(4):565–578. doi: 10.2166/wh.2012.102

Table 2.

Quantitative PCR primer and probes used to target specific genes and organisms in tubewell water samples.

Target organism
(Relevance)
Assay Gene
Target
(Assay type
and annealing
temperature)
Oligonucleotide Sequencesa Reference
EC23S (E. coli) 23S rRNA (Fluorogenic Probe, 55°C) EC23Sf, 5’ GAG CCT GAA TCA GTG TGT GTG 3’
EC23Sr, 5’ ATT TTT GTG TAC GGG GCT GT 3’
EC23Srv1Taq, 5’ CGC CTT TCC AGA CGC TTC CAC
Knappett et al. 2011b
AllBac (all Bacteroides) 16S rRNA (Fluorogenic Probe, 60°C) AllBac296f, 5’-GAGAGGAAGGTCCCCCAC-3’
AllBac412r, 5’-CGCTACTTGGCTGGTTCAG-3’
AllBac375Taq,
5’CCATTGACCAATATTCCTCACTGCTGCCT(BHQ-1)-3’
Layton et al. 2006
Shigella and EIEC E. coli (Dysentery type E. coli and Shigella) ipaH (Fluorogenic Probe, 60°C) IpaH U1f- 5’ CCTTTTCCGCGTTCCTTG A-3’
IpaH L1r- 5’- CGGAATCCGGAGGTATTG C-3’
IpaH Taq- 5’-CGCCTTTCCGATACCGTCTCTGCA-3’
von Seidlein et al. 2006
ETEC E. coli (Enterotoxigenic E. coli strains) eltA (Heat labile toxin LT) (Fluorogenic Probe, 60°C) Elt311f- 5’ TCTGAATATAGCTCCGGCAGA-3’
Elt414r-5’ CAACCTTGTGGTGCATGATGA-3’
Elt383Taqr -5’ TTCTCTCCAAGCTTGGTGATCCGGT-3’
Modified from Persson et al. 2007
Adeno (adenovirus 40/41 hexon gene) Hexon (Fluorogenic Probe, 60°C) AV40/41-117f, 5’- CAGCCTGGGGAACAAGTTCAG 3’
AV40/41-258r, 5’ -CAGCGTAAAGCGCACTTTGTAA 3’
AV40/41-157Taq, 5’
ACCCACGATGTAACCACAGACAGGTC 3’
Rajal et al. 2007
a

all probes synthesized with FAM (fluorescein) and black hole quencher 1 (BHQ1) from Biosearch Technologies.