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Published in final edited form as: Phycologia. 2017 May;56(3):303–320. doi: 10.2216/16-41.1

Table 3.

Excerpt from a literature survey completed in 2015 of the various probes available for detecting Alexandrium species. The complete literature survey is presented as supplemental material in Table S1. The literature citation, rDNA target domain, the original species the probe was designed to target, the probe sequences, and the actual species the probes will detect on the basis of current taxonomy are listed. The reverse primers and in situ hybridization probes target the noncoding strand. The probes are all listed in 5′–3′ orientation. The ribosomal gene locations of the primers and probes listed in this table are also identified in Figs 14 and S7S9 on the species coding strand in 5′–3′ orientation.

PCR primers
Reporter probe/Detects
Forward probe
Reverse probe
Reference Domain Target species Assay type Forward primer coding (sense) strand Reverse primer/in situ probe noncoding (antisense) strand Coding strand BLAST search results BLAST search results
56 Vandersea et al., this study LSU D1-D2 A. fundyense qPCR SYBR green GATAAGTCTCCTGT GGGGGG AAGCACAGGAACACA CACATA A. fundyense A. fundyense
LSU D1-D2 A. pacificum PCR CTTGCTTTGTGTGCCAGTTTT ACCTCAAGGACAAGGACACAA A. pacificum A. pacificum
LSU D1-D2 A. minutum PCR TTGTGCTTACTCTATCATTTATAT AAATTTCACCAAACACATGCGT A. minutum A. minutum
LSU D1-D2 A. monilatum PCR TGTTTGCATTTATGTGTTGAACA CACAGGCACCTTACCTTTCAT A. monolatum A. monolatum
LSU D1-D2 A. monilatum qPCR TaqMan TGAAAGGTAAGGTGCCTGTG GCAGAAACATGTTGCCAAAG TGCAAGCACAAGCAA CCCAGC A. monilatum A. monolatum A. monolatum
LSU D1-D2 A. ostenfeldii qPCR SYBR green TGAGATTGTTGCGTCCACTTGT AGGGAGGAGAGCCCTCCC A. ostenfeldii A. ostenfeldii
LSU D1-D2 A. tamarense PCR TGAGATTGTTGCGTCCACTTGT AGGGAGGAGAGCCCTCCC A. tamarense A. tamarense
57 Zhang & Li 2012 5.8S Alexandrium genus qPCR SYBR green GATGAAGAATGCAGCAAAATG CAAACCTTCAAGAATATCC Alexandrium genus A. fundyense
A. pacificum
A. tamarense
58 Zhen et al. 2011 SSU A. catenella nuclease protection - sandwich hybridization ATTTGGCACAGCCTGAGCATTTATC capture probe A. australiense
A. pacificum
A. tamarense
A. fundyense
A. tamiyavanichii
SSU CACACCACACAGTCAAGTGCAGTTGTGCTTTCAAGATAAATGCTCAGGCTGTGCCAAAT nuclease protection probe A. affine
A. cohorticula
A. fundyense
A. pacificum
A. tamarense
SSU ACAACTGCACTTGACTGTGTGGTGTG signal probe A. tamiyavanichii Alexandrium genus