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. 2020 Oct 8;12(10):650. doi: 10.3390/toxins12100650

Table 4.

Oligonucleotide primers used in this study for Clostridium perfringens toxin genes detection.

Toxinotypes Detected Target Gene PCR Primer Sequence (5′--->3′) AL [Ref.]
A, B, C, D, E, F, G cpa M CPA-F GTTGATAGCGCAGGACATGTTAAG 402 [56]
CPA-R CATGTAGTCATCTGTTCCAGCATC
B, C cpb M CPB-F ACTATACAGACAGATCATTCAACC 236 [56]
CPB-R TTAGGAGCAGTTAGAACTACAGAC
B, D etx M CPETX-F ACTGCAACTACTACTCATACTGTG 541 [56]
CPETX-R CTGGTGCCTTAATAGAAAGACTCC
E iap M CPITX-F GCGATGAAAAGCCTACACCACTAC 317 [56]
CPITX-R GGTATATCCTCCACGCATATAGTC
F (C, D, E) cpe M CPE-F GGGGAACCCTCAGTAGTTTCA 506 [57]
CPE-R ACCAGCTGGATTTGAGTTTAATG
(A, B, C, D, E, F, G) cons-cpb2 M CPB2CON-F CAAGCAATTGGGGGAGTTTA 200 [57]
CPB2CON-R GCAGAATCAGGATTTTGACCA
(A, B, C, D, E, F, G) aty-cpb2 S CPB2ATY1-25F AGGAATTCACAAAATGAATACAGTTAAAGCAAATG 750 [26]
CPB2ATY1-25R GTGATGATGACCGGTATAACAATAACCCTC
G netB S JRP6656 CTTCTAGTGATACCGCTTCAC 738 [4]
JRP6655 CGTTATATTCACTTGTTGACGAAAG

M: Multiplex PCR set up and optimized for this study; S: Simplex PCR; AL: amplicon length (bp); cons-cpb2 = consensus cpb2; aty-cpb2 = atypical cpb2; () in these toxinotypes toxin genes targeted can be optionally present.