Table 1. Primers used for the PCR of 16S rRNA and phenol hydroxylase gene.

Primer	Sequence (5′–3′)	Reference
63f	5′-CAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGTC-3′	Marchesi et al., 1998
1387r	5′-GGGCGGWGTGTACAAGGC-3′	Marchesi et al., 1998
phe1f	5′-GA(G/A)GGCATCAA(A/G)AT(C/T)-3′	Futamata et al., 2001
phe3r	5′-CAG(C/G)CG(A/G)T(A/T)ACC(G/T)CGCCAGAACC-3′	Futamata et al., 2001
pheUf	5′-CCAGG(C/G)(C/G/T)GA(G/A)AA(A/G)GAGA(A/G)GAA(G/A)CT-3′	Futamata et al., 2001
pheLr	5′-GG(A/G/C)A(G/T/C)(A/G)TTG(C/T)CCGGGTC-3′	Futamata et al., 2001
pheMHr	5′-GAT(T/C/G)GGCAC(A/G)TTGTCTTC-3′	Futamata et al., 2001
pheHr	5′-GTGGCCATGTCGCCATTGA-3′	Futamata et al., 2001