Table 1.

16S rRNA gene group-specific primers for quantitative PCR

Group	Primer	Sequence (5′–3′)	Ref. No.
Eubacteria (all bacteria)	EubacF	TCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGT	23
	EubacR	GGACTACCAGGGTATCTAATCCTGTT
Firmicutes	Firm934F	GGAGYATGTGGTTTAATTCGAAGCA	10
	Firm1060R	AGCTGACGACAACCATGCAC
Bacteroidetes	Bac934F	GGARCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGAT	10
	Bac1060R	AGCTGACGACAACCATGCAG
Lactobacillus	LactoF	GAGGCAGCAGTAGGGAATCTTC	26
	LactoR	GGCCAGTTACTACCTCTATCCTTCTTC
Clostridium coccoides	gCcocF	AAATGACGGTACCTGACTAA	22
	gCcocR	CTTTGAGTTTCATTCTTGCGAA
Segmented filament bacteria	SFB736F	GACGCTGAGGCATGAGAGCAT	1
SFB844R	GACGGCACGGATTGTTATTCA
Salmonella	MinF	ACGGTAACAGGAAGCAG	31
	MinR	TATTAACCACAACACCT