Table 2.

Oligonucleotide probes and primers to the 16S ribosomal DNA gene of Histophilus somni.

Probe name	Probe sequence (5’–3’)	Comment
HS-Probe-BIOTIN	GTAAAGTTCTTTCGGTGATGAGGAAGGCGATTAGTTTAAGAGATTAATTGATTGACGATAATCACAGAAGAAGCACCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCG CGGT	Probe was biotinylated at the 5’-end
HS-Probe-DIG	GCGTTAATCGGAATGACTGGGCGTAAAGGGCACGCAGGTGGTGACTTAAGTGAGGTGTGA	Probe was labeled with digoxigenin at the 3’-end
HS-Primer-453F	GAAGGCGATTAGTTTAAGAG	Angen et al.1
HS-Primer-860R	TTCGGGCACCAAGTRTTCA	Angen et al.1