Table 2.

Primers used for quantitative PCR analysis.

Target Bacterial Populations	Primers	Sequence (5′–3′)	Reference
Total bacteria	UniF	CCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG	[32]
	UniR	ATTACCGCGGCTGCTGG
Firmicutes	Firm350f	GGCAGCAGTRGGGAATCTTC	[33]
	Firm814r	ACACYTAGYACTCATCGTTT
Bifidobacterium spp.	Bif_F	TCGCGTCYGGTGTGAAAG	[34]
	Bif_R	CCACATCCAGCRTCCAC
Enterococcus spp.	Ent_F	CCCTTATTGTTAGTTGCCATCATT	[34]
	Ent_R	ACTCGTTGTACTTCCCATTGT
Lactobacillus spp.	Lac_F	AGCAGTAGGGAATCTTCCA	[35]
	Lac_R	CACCGCTACACATGGAG
Clostridium cluster I	CloI-F	TACCHRAGGAGGAAGCCAC	[36]
	CloI-R	GTTCTTCCTAATCTCTACGCAT
Escherichia coli	Coli_F	GTTAATACCTTTGCTCATTGA	[37]
	Coli_R	ACCAGGGTATCTAATCCTGTT
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	Fprau 07	CCATGAATTGCCTTCAAAACTGTT	[38]
	Fprau 02	GAGCCTCAGCGTCAGTTGGT