Table 4.

Primers used for amplification of different genes.

Gene	Primer name	Primer sequence	Product size (bp)	References/Accession No.
16S rRNA	RR-F RR-R	5′- GGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATG −3′ 5′- CGATTACTAGCGATTCCGACTTC −3′	1250	This study
blaTEM	TEM-F TEM-R	5′-ATGAGTATTMAACATTTYCGTGTCGCC-3′ 5′-TTACCAATGCTTAATCAGTGAGGCACCTATC-3′	861	This study
AmpC	AMP-F AMP-R	5′-GATCGTTCTGCCGCTGTG-3′ 5′-GGGCAGCAAATGTGGAGCAA-3	271	Corvec et al. (2007)
qnrA	QA-F QA-R	5′-AGAGGATTTCTCACGCCAGG-3′ 5′-TGCCAGGCACAGATCTTGAC-3′	580	Cattoir et al. (2007)
qnrB	QB-F QB-R	5′-GATCGTGAAAGCCAGAAAGG-3′ 5′-ATGAGCAACGATGCCTGGTA-3′	476	Kim et al. (2009)
qnrS	QS-F QS-R	5′-GCAAGTTCATTGAACAGGGT-3′ 5′-TCTAAACCGTCGAGTTCGGCG-3′	428	Cattoir et al. (2007)
merB	MB-F MB-R	5′-ATGAAGCTCGCCCCATATATT-3′ 5′-TCACGGTGTCCTAGATGACAT	640	This study
merP	MP-F MP-R	5′-ATGAAGAAACTGTTTGCCTCC-3′ 5′-TCACTGCTTGACGCTGGACG-3′	272	This study
merT	MT-F MT-R	5′-TTAATAGAAAAATGGAACGAC-3′ 5′-ATGTCTGAACCACAAAACGGG-3′	355	This study
silE	SE-F SE-R	5′-GTACTCCCCCGGACATCACTAATT −3′ 5′-GGCCAGACTGACCGTTATT-3′	410	Percival et al. (2008)
silP	SP-F SP-R	5′-GGCGATAAGCTCCGCATCAGA-3′ 5′-TCCACT TTT TCAAGACGCTCA-3′	524	Kremera and Hoffmann (2012)
silS	SS-F SS-R	5′-GGAGATCCCGGATGCATAGCAA-3′ 5′-GTTTGCTGCATGACAGGCTAA AGACATC-3′	1500	Percival et al. (2008)
arsC	AR-F AR-R	5′-GTAATACGCTGGAGATGATCCG-3′ 5′-TTTTCCTGCTTCATCAACGAC-3′	409	Sunita et al. (2012)
CS	5′CS 3′CS	5′-GGCATCCAAGCAGCAAG-3′ 5′-AAGCAGACTTGACCTGA-3′	530	M73819
IntI	IntI- F IntI -R	5′-CTACCTCTCACTAGTGAGGGGCGG-3′ 5′-GGGCAGCAGCGAAGTCGAGGC-3′	845	U12338
SulI	SulI-F SulI-R	5′-ATGGTGACGGTGTTCGGCAT-3′ 5′CTAGGCATGATCTAACCCTC-3′	800	Galimand et al. (2003)
ISecp1	IS-F IS-R	5′-TAAAAAACACAGGTGGAATTTAG-3′ 5′-CCAGGAACCACGGAGC-3′	1000	This study
TN3	Tn3 P-1 Tn3 P-2 Tn3 P-3	5′-AACTGATCTTCCTGACCGTC- 3′ 5′-TATGACCGATACGGCAGGTG- 3′ 5′-TCAGCAATGAACGGACCAGC- 3′	752	Heffron et al. (1979)
TN21	Tn21 P-1 Tn21 P-2 Tn21 P-3	5′-AGAAAGTTCGTCCTGGGCTG- 3′ 5′-TACTGCCGCGCATCAAGATC-3′ 5′-GGCCAAGGACAAGAACCTGT-3′	1000	Kim et al. (2009), Brown et al. (1985)