Table 1.

Primers used in standard and RT-qPCR assays.

Primer name	Primer sequence (5′-3′)	Target gene	Organism	PCR assay	Reference
P0 P6	GAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCT CTACGGCTACCTTGTTAC	16S-rDNA	Bacteria	Standard	[20]
GTG5	GTGGTGGTGGTGGTG	Genomic repetitive elements	Bacteria	Standard	[21]
pept-1 For pept-1 Rev	GTGTTCGGAGAAGTATCTCG CAAGAGCACAGTCGTGAGTA	pept-1  GenBank accession number NM_076686	C. elegans	Real-time	This work
tub-1 For tub-1 Rev	CCACAGCAAGTTCAAGAGTC AGCCACTACATCAGTGTTCC	tub-1  GenBank accession number NM_063309	C. elegans	Real-time	This work
nhr-49 For nhr-49 Rev	GCTCTCAAGGCTCTGACTC GAGAGCAGAGAATCCACCT	nhr-49  GenBank accession number NM_001264305	C. elegans	Real-time	This work
act-1 For act-1 Rev	GAGCGTGGTTACTCTTTCA CAGAGCTTCTCCTTGATGTC	act-1  GenBank accession number NM_073418	C. elegans	Real-time	This work