Table 1.

Oligonucleotide probes used to identify various bacteria in ovine abortion samples.

Probe	Target	Systematic name*	Sequence 5’–3’†	Reference
Cburn	Coxiella burnetii	S-S-Cburn-0443-a-A-18	CTTGAGAATTTCTTCCCC	8
EUB338	Domain bacteria	S-D-Bact-0338-a-A-18	GCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT	2
CAMP653	Campylobacter genus	S-G-Camp-0653-a-A-18	CTGCCTCTCCCTYACTCT	19
Cafet	Campylobacter fetus	S-S-Cafet-0986-a-A-18	TAGTTGGATATCAAGCCC	Current study
Cajej	Campylobacter jejuni	L-S-Cajej-1693-a-A-21	AGCTAACCACACCTTATACCG	15

^*According to The Oligonucleotide Probe Database nomenclature.¹

^†Y = C or T.