TABLE 1.

Nucleotide sequences of PCR primers for amplifying the 16S rRNA genes of Ara⁺ and Ara⁻ B. pseudomallei isolates

Primer	Positiona	Strand	Sequence (5′→3′)
Bps16S-U33b	34–52	Sense	AAGTCGAACGGCAGCACGG
Bps16S-OL731b	751–733	Antisense	TTTGCTCCCCACGCTTTCG
Bps16S-683L	683–700	Sense	GAATACCGATGGCGAAGG
Bps16S-1460R	1477–1460	Antisense	TACGGCTACCTTGTTACG
Bps16S-42L	42–59	Sense	CGGCAGCRCGGGCTTCGG
Bps16S-266R	284–266	Antisense	TGTGGCTGGTCGTCCTCTC
Bps16S-427R	446–427	Antisense	CACTCCGGGTATTAGCCAGA

^aAccording to reference 4. 

^bPreviously described in reference 11.