Table 1.

PCR primers.

Species	Primer	Sequence	Amplicon size (bp)	Primer source
S. mutans	gtf D-F	5′-GGCACCACAACATTGGGAAGCTCAGT-3′
	gtf D-R	5′-GGAATGGCCGCTAAGTCAACAGGAT-3′	433	Hoshino et al. (2004)
	gtf B-F	5′-ACTACACTTTCGGGTGGCTTGG-3′
	gtf B-R	5′-CAGTATAAGCGCCAGTTTCATC-3′	517	Oho et al. (2000)
	SD1	5′-TATGCTGCTATTGGAGGTTC-3′
	SD2	5′-AAGGTTGAGCAATTGAATCG-3′	1272	Sato et al. (2003)
S. sobrinus	gtf T-F	5′-GATGATTTGGCTCAGGATCAATCCTC-3′
	gtf T-R	5′ACTGAGCCAGTAGTAGACTTGGCAACT-3′	328	Hoshino et al. (2004)
	gtf I-F	5′-GATAACTACCTGACAGCTGACT-3′
	gtf I-R	5′-AAGCTGCCTTAAGGTAATCACT-3′	712	Oho et al. (2000)
	gtf I-IN-F	5′-TGGTATCGTCCAAAATCAATCC-3′
	gtf I-IN-R	5′-AGATTTGCAGTTGGTCAGCATC-3′	664	Oho et al. (2000)
	SOF14	5′-TGCTATCTTTCCCTAGCATG-3′
	SOR1623	5′-GGTATTCGGTTTGACTGC-3′	1610	Sato et al. (2003)