Table 2.

Primers used for the identification of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) by multiplex PCR.

Primer	Sequence	Target
Primer mixture I
SCAR-OENI-F	GGTAGATTAACCCGCGACG	O. oeni
SCAR-OENI-R	GGAATCGGTAGCATCCTG
SCAR-LBR-F	GGAAGATCAAGAATATCGGTG	L. brevis
SCAR-LBR-R	GCGTCTCTAATTCACTGAGC
SCAR-LPL-F	GAAGATTTGCCCATCGGTG	L. plantarum
SCAR-LPL-R	CGTTTGATGGTAGCGTTGC
SCAR-LEU-F	GTGGTCATGGGTCTTAGC	Leuconostoc
SCAR-LEU-R	GGATCAAGACTAGCCAATGG	mesenteroides
SCAR-WPA-F	GCTGATGAACCCATACCTC	Weissella paramesenteroides
SCAR-WPA-R	GACCTGATTCGCTCGTTG
SCAR-PDA-F	GTCTAAACTGGTGGTTAAACG	P. damnosus
SCAR-PDA-R	ATCGCACCTGGTTCAATGC
SCAR-PPA-F	GCATGAATCACTTTTCGCTC	P. parvulus
SCAR-PPA-R	CAAAGATTGTGACCCAGTTG
Primer mixture II
SCAR-LBU-F	CTATCTTTAACCGCATTGCCG	L. buchneri
SCAR-LBU-R	GACACGCTTCTCATGATTGTC
SCAR-PAC-F	ATGATGGACAGACTCCCTG	P. acidilactici
SCAR-PAC-R	CGAGCTGCGTAGATATGTC
SCAR-LBH-F	TTCCTTGGTAATGTGCTTGC	L. hilgardii
SCAR-LBH-R	AATGGCAATCGCAATGGACG
SCAR-PIN-F	CTATCCTTACAATGTGCATCG	P. inopinatus
SCAR-PIN-R	TGGTGCGTCAGTAAATGTAAG
SCAR-LCU-F	CCAGATCCATCAGAAGATACG	L. curvatus
SCAR-LCU-R	GCTAACTTACCACTAACGACC
SCAR-PPE-F	GGGAACGGTTTTAGTTTTATACG	P. pentosaceus
SCAR-PPE-R	CTAAGAGCGGTGATGATAAG