TABLE 1.

Primers used for microbial identification in molecular tests

Primer	Sequence	Region	Reference(s)
Fungal primers
ITS1F	5′-CTTGGTCATTTAGAGGAAGTAA-3′	ITS1	27
ITS1F-GC	5′-CGCCCGCCGGCGGCGGCGGGCGGGGCGGGGGCA-CGGGGGGCTTGGTCATTTAGAGGAAGTAA-3′	ITS1	27
ITS1	5′-TCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGG-3′	ITS1	28, 29
ITS2	5′-GCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGC-3′	ITS1	28
ITS4	5′- TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-3′	ITS1	28, 29
Bacterial primers
U968	5′-AACGCGAAGAACCTTAC-3′	16S rRNA gene	30
L1401	5′-CGGTGTGTACAAGACCC-3′	16S rRNA gene	30