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. 2014 Aug 1;9(8):e103705. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103705

Table 1. Primers used for detecting the target genes and the melting temperatures (Tm) used for primers.

Gene name Primers
Forward Reverse Tm °C Ref. Amplification efficiency
Assay 1 Assay 2
16S rRNA gene 5′-AGA GTT TGA TCC TGG CTC AG-3′ [60]
5′-CTG CTG CSY CCC GTA GGA-3′ 60 [61] modif. 82–100
5′-CTG CTG CCT CCC GTA GG-3′ 60 [61] 87
tetC 5′-TGC GTT GAT GCA ATT TCT ATG C-3′ 5′-GGC GCC TAC AAT CCA TG-3′ 64 [62] 80 93–101
tetM 5′-GCA ATT CTA CTG ATT TCT GC-3′ 5′-CTG TTT GAT TAC AAT TTC CGC-3′ 60 [61] 90–93 89–108
sul1 5′-CGG CGT GGG CTA CCT GAA CG-3′ 5′-GCC GAT CGC GTG AAG TTC CG-3′ 64 [63] 90–93 81–88
sul2 5′-GCG CTC AAG GCA GAT GGC ATT-3′ 5′-GCG TTT GAT ACC GGC ACC CGT-3′ 64 [62] 102 91–103
blactx-m-32 5′-CGT CAC GCT GTT GTT AGG AA-3′ 5′-CGC TCA TCA GCA CGA TAA AG-3′ 64 [59] 87 89–101
blashv-34 5′-GCG TTA TTT TCG CCT GTG TA-3′ 5′-AGG TGC TCA TCA TGG GAA AG-3′ 60 [63] 92–94 97–108
blaoxa-58 5′-GCA ATT GCC TTT TAA ACC TGA-3′ 5′-CTG CCT TTT CAA CAA AAC CC-3′ 60 [63] 90 97–111

qPCR amplification efficiency is given for 16S RNA gene and for ARGs, R2 of the linear range of standards was always >0.99.