Table 1.

Primers used in real-time PCR assays

Target gene	Sequence 5ʹ–3ʹ	References
16 s rRNA	F: AGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAAGT R: GTTAGCCGGTGCTTCTTCTG	Karavolos et al. (2008)
bapA	F: ATGCGCCCAACATTCCTCT R: TGGATGACTGTGCCTGCG
adrA	F: GAAGCTCGTCGCTGGAAGTC R: TTCCGCTTAATTTAATGGCCG
sdiA	F: AATATCGCTTCGTACCAC R: GTAGGTAAACGAGGAGCAG	Onsare and Arora (2015)
luxS	F: ATGCCATTATTAGATAGCTT R:GAGATGGTCGCGCATAAAGCCAGC	Thenmozhi et al. (2009)