Table-1.

Primers used for detection of antibiotic resistant genes in S. aureus.

Gene	Oligonucleotide sequence (5`-3`)	Amplicon size	References
aacA-aphD	TAA TCC AAG AGC AAT AAG GGC GCC ACA CTA TCA TAA CCA CTA	227	[5]
ermA	AAG CGG TAA ACC CCT CTG A TTC GCA AAT CCC TTC TCA AC	190	[5]
ermB	CTATCTGATTGTTGAAGAAGGATT GTTTACTCTTGGTTTAGGATGAAA	142	[6]
ermC	AAT CGT CAA TTC CTG CAT GT TAA TCG TGG AAT ACG GGT TTG	299	[5]
tetK	GTA GCG ACA ATA GGT AAT AGT GTA GTG ACA ATA AAC CTC CTA	360	[5]
tetM	AGT GGA GCG ATT ACA GAA CAT ATG TCC TGG CGT GTC TA	158	[5]
tetL	GTCGTTGCGCGCTATATTCC GTGAACGGTAGCCCACCTAA	696	[7]
tetO	AATGAAGATTCCGACAATTT CTCATGCGTTGTAGTATTCCA	781	[7]
mecA	AAA ATC GAT GGT AAA GGT TGG C AGT TCT GCA GTA CCG GAT TTG C	532	[5]
blaZ	ACT TCA ACA CCT GCT GCT TTC TGA CCA CTT TTA TCA GCA ACC	173	[6]
vanA	ATGAATAGAATAAAAGTTGC TCACCCCTTTAACGCTAATA	1032	[8]
16SrDNA (Staphylococcus genus specific)	CAG CTC GTG TCG TGA GAT GT AAT CAT TTG TCC CAC CTT CG	420	[5]
Coa	ATA GAG ATG CTG GTA CAG G GCT TCC GAT TGT TCG ATG C	547 (550-875)	[9]
Nuc (Species specific)	GCGATTGATGGTGATACGGTT AGCCAAGCCTTGACGAACTAAAGC	279	[10]

S. aureus=Staphylococcus aureus