Table 1.

Details of primers used in the study.

S. No.	Gene name	Sequence	Amplicon Size	Reference
1	16S rRNA	F: AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG	>1.2 Kb	Srinivasan et al., 2015
		R:TAC GYT ACC TTG TTA CGA CTT
2	mecA	F:TCCAGATTACAACTTCACCAGG	162 bp	Stegger et al., 2012
		R:CCACTTCATATCTTGTAACG
3	mecC	F:GAAAAAAAGGCTTAGAACGCCTC	138 bp	Stegger et al., 2012
		R:GAAGATCTTTTCCGTTTTCAGC
4	sea	F: ATTAACCGAAGGTTCTGTAGA	552 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R:TTGCGTAAATCTGAA TT
5	seb	F:TGTATGTATGGAGGTGTAAC	270 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R: ATAGTGACGAGTTAGGTA
6	sed	F:CTAGTTTGGTAATATCTCCT	317 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R: TAATGCTATATCTTATAGGG
7	see	F:TAGATAAAGTTAAAACAAGC	170 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R:TAACTTACCGTGGACCCTTC
8	seh	F:CACATCATATGCGAAAGCAGA	617 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R:CCTTTTAAATCATAAATGTCGAATGA
9	eta	F:ACTGTAGGAGCTAGTGCATTTGT	190 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R:TGGATACTTTTGTCTATCTTTTTC ATCAAC
10	etb	F:CAGATAAAGAGCTTTATA CAC ACATTAC	612 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R:AGTGAACTTATCTTTCTATTG AAAAACACTC
11	etd	F:CGCAAATACATATGAAGAATCTGA	452 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R:TGTCACCTTGTTGCAAATCTATAG
12	tsst	F:TGCAAAAGCATCTACAAACGA	499 bp	Xie et al., 2011
		R:TGTGGATCCGTCATTCATTG
13	Y-hlg	F:CCAATCCGTTATTAGAAAATGC	937 bp	Moore and Lindsay, 2001
		R:CCATAGACGTAGCAACGGAT
14	pvl	F:TTACACAGTTAAATATGAAGTGAACTGGA	118 bp	Okolie et al., 2015
		R:AGCAAAAGCAATGCAATTGATG