Table 1.

Primers designed and used for amplifying the SSU, ITS, and LSU rRNA genes of Mesodinium spp. and rbcL gene fragments of cryptophytes in this study.

Primer	Sequence	Gene: position (bp)
Mesodinium spp. primers
MESO245F	CGACTCGACGTCCCG	18S: 246
MESO580R	CGTCCGTAGTCTGTACGTC	18S: 585
MESO1200F	ATTCCGGTAACGAACGAGAC	18S: 1217
MESO1440F	AACTAGGAATGTCTCGTAAGC	18S: 1446
MESO580R	GACGTACAGACTACGGACG	18S: 603
MESO865R	ACCTTCGTCCTTTGTCGCA	18S: 1017
MESO1480R	CTAAACACTCGATCGGTAGG	18S: 1545
MESO28S_R	AGACTTGGATGACTTTTATCACC	28S: 298
Cryptophyte primers
rbcL2F-800	AGGAGGAAWAYATGTCTCAAT CCG	rbcL: 1
Crypt_rbcLR2	CAGTGAATACCACCTGAAGCTA	rbcL: 1185