Table 1.

Newly designed primers used in this study and expected size of the amplicons.

		Amplicon (pb)
Primer code	Sequence (5′–3′)	Enterococcus faecalis	Enterococcus faecium
TyrS-F1	GGA GCT ATA AGT ATT AAC GGT GA	957	943
Tdc-R1	GAT TT(A/G) ATG TT(A/G) CG(G/C) GCA TAC CA
Tdc-F2	CAA ATG GAA GAA GAA GT(A/T) GGA	1287	1340
Tdc-R2	CC(A/G/T) GCA CG(G/T) T(C/T)C CAT TCT TC
Tdc-F3	CCA GA(C/T) TAT GGC AA(C/T) AGC CCA	819	784
TyrP-R3	CCT AAA GTA GAA GC(A/G) ACC AT
TyrP-F4	TGG GTG CAA ATG TTC CCA GG	839	940
TyrP-R4	ACC (A/G)AT TCG (A/G)TA AGG ACG
TyrP-F5	(A/T)CT GCT TGG GT(A/T) ACT GGA CC	1098	1056
NhaC-R5	CAT (C/T)GC AT(C/T) (A/G)T(C/T) GAA TCC AAG
NhaC-F6	GTG TCT TAG TTG CT(A/T) C(A/T)T GGA T	1017	1017
NhaC-R6	CCA TAA TGA A(G/T)G T(A/G)C C(A/G)C T(A/G)A CT