Table 1.

Bacteria phylum-specific primers.

Phylum	Primer Sequences		Reference
Total Bacteria (16S)	Forward Reverse	TGGCTCAGGACGAACGCTGGCGGC CCTACTGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT	Gómez-Hurtado et al. (2011)
Fusobacteria	Forward Reverse	CGAGGAACCTTACCAGCGTT ATCTCACGACACGAGCTGAC	This study
Firmicutes	Forward Reverse	CAGCAGTAGGGAATCTTC ACCTACGTATTACCGCGG	Pfeiffer et al. (2014)
Bacteroidetes	Forward Reverse	CRAACAGGATTAGATACCCT GGTAAGGTTCCTCGCGTAT	Bacchetti De Gregoris et al. (2011)
Alphaproteobacteria	Forward Reverse	CIAGTGTAGAGGTGAAATT CCCCGTCAATTCCTTTGAGTT	Bacchetti De Gregoris et al. (2011)
Betaproteobacteria	Forward Reverse	CGAAAAACCTTACCTACC GTATGACGTGTGAAGCC	Pfeiffer et al. (2014)
Gammaproteobacteria	Forward Reverse	CCATGCCGCGTGTGTGAA ACTCCCCAGGCGGTCAACTTA	Mühling et al. (2008)
Actinobacteria	Forward Reverse	GAGACTGCCGGGGTCAACT TCTGCGATTACTAGCGAC	Pfeiffer et al. (2014)