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. 2015 Oct;7(5):251–259.

Table 2.

MLVA & MLST Primers and their references

MLVA Loci (Alias) Range of Amplicon Size Primer Sequence (5′-3′) References
SE2 (SENTR6, ENTR20) 208–229 F-CTTCGGATTATACCTGGATTG
R-TGGACGGAGGCGATAG
Cho et al. 2008
SE3 308–320 F-CAACAAAACAACAGCAGCAT
R-GGGAAACGGTAATCAGAAAGT
SE5 (SENTR5, STTR5) 200–224 F-CGGGAAACCACCATCAC
R-CAGGCCGAACAGCAGGAT
SE7 484–545 F-CCGACCCAATAAGGAG
R-CTTACCGTTGGTAGTTTGTTA T
SE8 469–556 F-TTGCCGCATAGCAGCAGAAGT
R-GCCTGAACACGCTTTTTAATAGGCT
SENTR4 (SE1, ENTR13) 119–126 F-GACCAACACTCTATGAACCAATG
R-ACCAGGCAACTATTCGCTATC
Malorny et al. 2008
SENTR7 (SE9) 126–135 F-ACGATCACCACGGTCACTTC
R-CGGATAACAACAGGACGCTTC
MLST Loci (Alias) Data Base Standard Size Primer Sequence (5′-3′) References
thrA (aspartokinase+homoserine dehydrogenase) 501 F-GTCACGGTGATCGATCCGGT
R-CTCCAGCAGCCCCTCTTTCAG
Achtman-1 et al. 2015
purE (phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylas) 399 F-CGCATTATTCCGGCGCGTGT
R-GAACGCAAACTTGCTTCAT
sucA (alpha ketoglutarate dehydrogenase) 501 F-AGCACCGAAGAGAAACGCTG
R-GGTTGTTGATAACGATACGTAC
hisD (histidinol dehydrogenase) 501 F-GTCGGTCTGTATATTCCCGG
R-GGTAATCGCATCCACCAAATC
aroC (chorismate synthase) 501 F-CCTGGCACCTCGCGCTATAC
R-CCACACACGGATCGTGGCG
hemD (uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase) 432 F 5′-GTGGCCTGGAGTTTTCCACT
R-GACCAATAGCCGACAGCGTAG
dnaN (DNA polymerase III beta subunit) 501 F-CCGATTCTCGGTAACCTGCT
R-CCGCGGAATTTCTCATTCGAG