Table 2.

Primers used in this study for detection of virulence-associated genes

Target	Nucleotide sequence (5′–3′)	Amplicon size (bp)	Ref.
ctxB -F	GCCGGGTTGTGGGAATGCTCCAAG	536	[13]
ctxB -R	CATGCGATTGCCGCAATTAGTATGGC
ace-F	TAAGGATGTGCTTATGATGGACACCC	316	[13]
ace-R	CGTGATGAATAAAGATACTCATAGG
zot-F	TCGCTTAACGATGGCGCGTTTT	947	[13]
zot-R	AACCCCGTTTCACTTCTACCCA
st-F	GAGAAACCTATTCATTGC	216	[13]
st-R	GCAAGCTGGATTGCAAC
tcpA-F	CACGATAAGAAAACCGGTCAAGAG	453	[14]
tcpA-R	CGAAAGCACCTTCTTTCACACGTTG
tcpI-F	TAGCCTTAGTTCTCAGCAGGCA	862	[14]
tcpI-R	GGCAATAGTGTCGAGCTCGTTA
ompU-F	ACGCTGACGGAATCAACCAAAG	869	[15]
ompU-R	GCGGAAGTTTGGCTTGAAGTAG
hlyA-F	GAGCCGGCATTCATCTGAAT	481	[15]
hlyA-R	CTCAGCGGGCTAATACGGTTTA
rtxC-F	CGACGAAGATCATTGACGAC	265	[16]
rtxC-R	CATCGTCGTTATGTGGTTGC

F, Forward; R, reverse.