TABLE 1.

Bacterial primers used to estimate the density of active bacteria.

	Primer sequences 3′-5′	References
Total bacteria	HDA1 – ACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGT HDA2 – GTATTACCGCGGCTGCTGCTGGCAC	Walter et al., 2000
Bifidobacterium	Bif1 – CGTCAAGCTGCTAGGACGC Bif2 – TACACCGGAATAGCTCCTGG	Liang et al., 2014
Lactobacillus	Lac1 – AGCAGTAGGGAATCTTCCA Lac2 – ATTTCACCGCTACACATG	Liang et al., 2014