Table 4.

Description of the primers used in this study for gene amplification as well as sequencing.

Target Gene	Primer Name	Sequence (5′–3′)	Tm (°C)	PCR	Amplicon Length (bp)	Sequencing	References
18S rRNA	CRYPTOF	AACCTGGTTGATCCTGCCAGTAGTCAT	63	×	1728	×	[33]
	CRYPTOR	TGATCCTTCTGCAGGTTCACCTA		×		×
	BAB-GF2	GTCTTGTAATTGGAATGATGG	61	×	560	×	[11]
	BAB-GR2	CCAAAGACTTTGATTTCTCT		×		×
ama-1	ama1-S1	TGACTGCCATATCGACGAAG	61	×	≈2000	×	this study
	ama1-R3	CTCTAGTGAATTACGATAGC		×		×	[50]
	ama1-As1	GGCGGATATTCGGTTGAGG				×	this study
	ama1-S2	CATGGCCAAGTTTGACCTTG				×	this study
	ama1-As2	CTGCGTCACGCGTGAATTC				×	this study
	ama1-S3	CTCCTGTGTATGGAGCCGA				×	this study
	ama1-As3	GTGAAAGCGCGGTTGTGAC				×	this study
	ama1-S4	AGCAGTTGGATCGCCTCTC				×	this study
rap-1a	rap1-fw	AATGTCCTACTGGGAAACGC	58	×	≈1300	×	this study
	rap1-rev	GCGGAGTCCATGCCTGTACC		×		×	this study
rap-1a1 (5′)	rap1-fw	see above	58	×	1146	×
	rap1-a1-rev	GCTTAGTAGCATGCATCTTC		×		×	this study
rap-1a1 (3′)	rap1-a1-fw	GGACTCCGAGAAAAAGGATG	58	×	261	×	this study
	rap1-rev	see above		×		×
rap-1a2 (5′)	rap1-fw	see above	58	×	1123	×
	rap1-a2-rev	TGGAACAACTTCTTCATAGG		×		×	this study
rap-1a2 (3′)	rap1-a2-fw	GGGCTTCTGGAAAAAGAAGG	58	×	228	×	this study
	rap1-rev	see above		×		×