Table 1.

List of primers used in the present study.

Gene	Primer	Primer sequence (5′ to 3′)	Size (bp)	Reference
Coagulase	coa-F	ATAGAGATGCTGGTACAGG	674–917	[15]
	coa-R	GCTTCCGATTGTTCGATGC
Methicillin resistance	mecA-F	AAAATCGATGGTAAAGGTTGGC	533	[39]
	mecA-R	AGTTCTGCAGTACCGGATTTGC
16S rDNA	ST16-F	TTG CTT CTC TGA TGT TAG CG	1412	Designed
	ST16-R	AAT CAT TTG TCC CAC CTT C
Nuclease	nuc-F	GCGATTGATGGTGATACGGTT	276	[32]
	nuc-R	AGCCAAGCCTTGACGAACTAAAGC
Enterotoxin A	SEA-A2	ATTAACCGAAGGTTCTGTAGA	582	[40]
	SEA-U2	TTGCGTAAAAAGTCTGAATT
Enterotoxin B	SEB-B2	TTTTTCTTTGTCGTAAGATAA	732
	SEB-U1	CCAACGTTTTAGCAGAGAAG
Enterotoxin C	SEC-C2	TAAGTTCCCATTATCAAAGTG	403
	SEC-U1	CCAACGTTTTAGCAGAGAAG
Enterotoxin D	SED-D2	TAATGCTATATCTTATAGGG	251
	SED-U2	TTGCGTAAAAAGTCTGAATT
Enterotoxin E	SEE-E2	TAAACCAAATTTTCCGTG	474
	SEE-U2	TTGCGTAAAAAGTCTGAATT