TABLE 4.
Primer information used in this study.
| Target species | Primer name | Sequence (5′-3′) | Size (bp) |
| B. animalis subsp. animalis | Animalis-F | CAG ACC TCG CCG ATG AGC TA | 110 |
| Animalis-R | ATA TCC GGC TTG ATC ACC TG | ||
| B. animalis subsp. lactis | Lactis-F | ACC TCA CCA ATC CGC TGT TC | 137 |
| Lactis-R | GAT CCG CAT GGT GGA ACT CT | ||
| B. breve | Breve-F | TCA TCA CGG CAA GGT CAA GA | 111 |
| Breve-R | GGC CAG AAC AGC TGG AAC AA | ||
| B. longum subsp. infantis | Infantis-F | ATG ATG CGC TGC CAC TGT TA | 132 |
| Infantis-R | CGG TGA GCG TCA ATG TAT CT | ||
| B. longum subsp. suis | Suis-F | CAA GCC GGA TAT CGT CTT CG | 130 |
| Suis-R | GAG GAT CGT GCC ATG CTG TC | ||
| B. longum subsp. longum | Longum-F | GTG TGG ATT ACC TGC CTA CC | 179 |
| Longum-R | GTC GCC AAC CTT GAC CAC TT | ||
| B. bifidum | Bifidum-F | CTG GCA GCC GTG ACA CTA CT | 102 |
| Bifidum-R | TGA ACT GGC CGT TAC GGT CT | ||
| B. gallicum | Gallicum-F | TCA CCA TCA CCA CCT CAC | 182 |
| Gallicum-R | GTT CCA TTG TTC CCA TCC C | ||
| B. thermacidophilum | Thermacidophilum-F | CGT TAG AAC AGC GCC AAC AG | 116 |
| Thermacidophilum-R | GCC GGC ATA TTC ATC GAG TC | ||
| B. thermophilum | Thermophilum-F | CCG ATG CCG ATA CAG TTC AA | 109 |
| Thermophilum-R | TGT CAT CCG ACG CTT CAA GA | ||
| B. coryneforme | Coryneforme-F | TAA ATT CGT CCC CGC TTT GC | 144 |
| Coryneforme-R | TCC TCA TCC TCC TCC ATA ACC | ||
| B. asteroides | Asteroides-F | GCC GTG GTC ACC ACA CTA TC | 108 |
| Asteroides-R | GCG CAC TAT GTC ATT GTC TG | ||
| B. adolescentis | Adolescentis-F | GCT GAT ATC TGC GCT GTA CC | 135 |
| Adolescentis-R | AAA CCA CCC AGT AGT CCT CC | ||
| B. pseudolongum | Pseudolongum-F | CAA GGC CAT CAA CTG GTT CA | 120 |
| Pseudolongum-R | ACG TCG TGC TGC TCG AAT GT | ||
| B. cuniculi | Cuniculi-F | TGA AGG AAA CAC CGC CAA TC | 127 |
| Cuniculi-R | ACC TCC CTC TGA GCC TTG AC | ||
| B. gallinarum | Gallinarum-F | CGA CGA AAC ATT ACG CAT CC | 163 |
| Gallinarum-R | ATG AAA TCC ACT TCG CCA CC | ||
| B. scardovii | Scardovii-F | CGC AGG CAC TCG CTG TAC TA | 102 |
| Scardovii-R | GGC GTA ACG TCT CAG TAT CA | ||
| B. pseudocatenulatum | Pseudocatenulatum-F | ACC TAC GAT TTC TCC CTC TCC | 173 |
| Pseudocatenulatum-R | CTC CAG CAA AGC CAA CGA AC | ||
| B. angulatum | Angulatum-F | TGC GGA TAC CAT CGA AGA AC | 101 |
| Angulatum-R | TTC GCG ACA TCC ATT GAC TG | ||
| B. dentium | Dentium-F | GCG ACC GCT TCC ATC ATT AT | 123 |
| Dentium-R | GGA GAT GCC GTC CTT AGA TT | ||
| B. tsurumiense | Tsurumiense-F | TGC GGT TCA ACC AAG CTT AC | 167 |
| Tsurumiense-R | TCG TCG TCA CCA GAT TCT TC | ||
| B. catenulatum | Catenulatum-F | CGC CAA CGC AGT AGT GCA TA | 106 |
| Catenulatum-R | TAG GCC ACC TGG ATT CGA TA |