TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used for the amplification of genus, species and virulence genes of C. jejuni isolates.

Target gene	Primer name	Oligonucleotide sequence (5′→3′)	Amplicon size (bp)	Reference
23S rRNA	23SF	TATACCGGTAAGGAGTGCTGGAG	650	Wang et al., 2002
	23SR	ATCAATTAACCTTCGAGCACCG
hipO	CJF	ACTTCTTTATTGCTTGCTGC	323	Wang et al., 2002
	CJR	GCCACAACAAGTAAAGAAGC
cdtA	GNW	GGAAATTGGATTTGGGGCTATACT	165	Wieczorek et al., 2012
	IVH	ATCACAAGGATAATGGACAAT
cdtB	VAT2	GTTAAAATCCCCTGCTATCAACCA	495	Wieczorek et al., 2012
	WMI-R	GTTGGCACTTGGAATTTGCAAGGC
cdtC	WMI-F	TGGATGATAGCAGGGGATTTTAAC	555	Wieczorek et al., 2012
	LPF-X	TTGCACATAACCAAAAGGAAG
flaA	FLA242FU	CTATGGATGAGCAATT(AT)AAAAT	402	Meinersmann et al., 1997
	FLA625RU	CAAG(AT)CCTGTTCC(AT)ACTGAAG
virB11	virB-232	TCTTGTGAGTTGCCTTACCCCTTTT	494	Datta et al., 2003
	virB-701	CCTGCGTGTCCTGTGTTATTTACCC
wlaN	wlaN DL-39	TTAAGAGCAAGATATGAAGGTG	672	Kordinas et al., 2005
	wlaN DL-41	CCATTTGAATTGATATTTTTG
iam	IAMF	GCGCAAATATTATCACCC	518	Wieczorek et al., 2012
	IAMR	TTCACGACTACTACTATGCGG