Table 1. Oligonucleotide primers/probes used for this study.
| qPCR primers/probe | Sequence (5′- 3′) | Target | Annealing (°C) | Reference |
| CFB555f | CCGGAWTYATTGGGTTTAAAGGG | Bacteroidetes | 60 | 56 |
| CFB968r | GGTAAGGTTCCTCGCGTA | |||
| Fuso-F | KGGGCTCAACMCMGTATTGCGT | Fusobacteria | 51 | 26 |
| Fuso-R | TCGCGTTAGCTTGGGCGCTG | |||
| 341-F | CCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGT | Universal Bacteria | 59 | 57 |
| 518-R | ATTACCGCGGCTGCTGG | |||
| EntF | CCCTTATTGTTAGTTGCCATCATT | Enterococcus | 61 | 58 |
| EntR | ACTCGTTGTACTTCCCATTGT | |||
| EcolRT_F | GTTAATACCTTTGCTCATTGA | E. coli | 55 | 59 |
| EcolRT R | ACCAGGGTATCTAATCCTGTT |