Table 1. Primers used for semi-quantitative PCR.

Organisms	Genes	Name	Sequence 5′ 3′	References
Lactobacillus	ef-Tu	ef-TuF	F_ TCGATGCTGCTCCAGAAGAAA	[9]
		ef-TuR	R_ TGGCATAGGACCATCAGTTGC	[9]
	eno	enoF	F_ CTACCTTGGCGGATTCAACG	[9]
	gap	GDPH 423F	F_ ACTGAATTAGTTGCTATCTTAGAC	[76]
		GDPH 423R	R_ GAAAGTAGTACCGATAACATCAGA	[76]
	groEl	groElF	F_ TTCCATGGCKTCAGCRATCA	[9]
		groElR	R_ GCTAAYCCWGTTGGCATTCG	[9]
	srtA	srtAF	F_ ATGGGGCARGGTAACTACGC	[9]
		srtAR	R_GCCCCGGTMTYATCACAGGT	[9]
	apf	apfF	F_ YAGCAACACGTTCTTGGTTAGCA	[8]
		apfR	R_ GAATCTGGTGGTTCATAYWCAGC	[8]
	cnb	cnbF	F_ CGTGGAGAAGTCGGTGGATG	[9]
	fpbA	cnbR	R_ CATTGCTATGACGCCGGAAC	[9]
		fpbAF	F_ WGCYAAYCGGAAGAATCACC	[9]
		fpbAR	R_ ACCGAGTTCGTYRCGGGTCR	[9]
	mapA	Map 423F	F_ TGGATTCTGCTTGAGGTAAG	[76]
		Map 423R	R_ GACTAGTAATAACGCGACCG	[76]
	mub1	Mub 423F	F_ GTAGTTACTCAGTGACGATCAATG	[76]
		Mub 423R	R_ TAATTGTAAAGGTATAATCGGAGG	[76]
	mub2	mub2F	F_ ACGCGTATTGCGGGTAATGA	[9]
		mub2R	R_ CGCCCCTGAAGTGGGATAGT	[9]
	16S rRNA for L. paraplantarum	338r*	F_ CTGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT*	[29]
		Lpla72f	R_ ATCATGATTTACATTTGAGTG	[77]
	16S rRNA for L. fermentum	338r*	F_ CTGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT*	[29]
		Lferm72f	R_ CCTGATTGATTTTGGTCGC	[78]
	16S rRNA for L. salivarius	616 V	F_ AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG	[79]
		spez92R	R_ GAATGCAAGCATTCGGTGTA	[79]
	16S rRNA for bacteria	338f	F_ ACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG	[29]
		518r	R_ ATTACCGCGGCTGCTGG	[29]
	MUC1	rMuc1	F_ GAGTGAATATCCTACCTACCAC	[30]
		rMuc1	R_ TTCACCAGGCTAACGTGGTGAC	[30]
	MUC2	rMuc2	F_ GCCAGATCCCGAAACCA	[30]
		rMuc2	R_ TATAGGAGTCTCGGCAGTCA	[30]
	MUC3	rMuc3	F_ AACTTCCAGCCCTCCCTAAG	[30]
		rMuc3	R_ GCTTCCAGCATCGTCTCTCT	[30]
	TFF-3	rTFF-3	F_ TTTGACTCCAGCATCCCA	[30]
		rTFF-3	R_ CGCAATTAGAACAGCCTTG	[30]
	RELM-β	rRELM-β	F_ TTCCTTCTCTCGCTGATGGT	[30]
		rRELM-β	R_ GCAGTGGCAAGTAGTTCCAT	[30]
	GAPDH	rGAPDH	F_ TGACAACTCCCTCAAGATTGTCA	[30]
		rGAPDH	R_ GGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGA	[30]

^*The primers from the literature were converted into their reverse complement.