Table 1.

Primers used for amplification

Organism	Target gene	Primer	Sequence	Bp	Reference
FLA	18S rDNA	Ami6F1 Ami6F2 Ami9R	5′CCAGCTCCAATAGCGTATATT3′ 5′CCAGCTCCAAGAGTGTATATT3′ 5′GTTGAGTCGAATTAAGCCGC3′	700	Thomas et al. 2006
Acanthamoeba spp.	18S rDNA	JDP1 JDP2	5′GGCCCAGATCGTTTACCGTGAA3′ 5′TCTCACAAGCTGTAGGGGAGTCA3′	500	Schroeder et al. 2001

Bp base pairs