Table 4.

Primers used for amplification of genes/fragments of 16S rRNA genes in the identification of Gordonia.

№	Primer Name	Primer Sequence	Species Identified	Reference
1	P8-27	5′-AGA GTT TGA TCC TGG CTC AG-3′	universal	[52,63,100]
	P1392-1372	5′-AAG GCC CGG GAA CGT ATT CAC-3′
2	16S-F	5′-AGA GTT TGA TCC TGG CTC AG-3′	G. bronchialis	[76]
	16S-R	5′-ACG GCT ACC TTG TTA CGA CTT-3′
3	fD1	5′-CCG AAT TCG TCG ACA ACA GAG TTT GAT CCT GGC TCA G-3′	G. polyisoprenivorans	[54]
	rD1	5′-CCC GGG ATC CAA GCT TAA GGA GGT GAT CCA GCC-3′
4	27FLP	5′-AGA GTT TGA TCM TGG CTC AG-3′	G. terrae	[55]
	1492RPL	5′-GGT TAC CTT GTT ACG ACT T-3′
5	-	5′-TGG AGA GTT TGA TCC TGG CTC AG-3′	G. bronchialis	[101]
	-	5′-TAC CGC GGC TGC TGG CAC-3′
6	BACT	5′-CAG GCC TAA CAC ATG CAA GTC-3′	G. sputi	[58]
	UNI	5′-GAC GGG CGG TGT GTA CAA-3′
7	G268F	5′-CGA CCT GAG AGG GTG ATC G-3′	G. sputi, G. bronchialis, G. terrae/lacumae	[79,102]
	G1096R	5′-ATA ACC CGC TGG CAA TAC AG-3′
8	8FLP	5′-AGA GTT TGA TCC TGG CTC AG-3′	G. terrae, G. sputi	[103]
	1492RPL	5′-GGT TAC CTT GTT ACG ACT T-3′
9	5F	5′-TTG GAG AGT TTG ATC CTG GCT C-3′	G. terrae, G. otitidis, G. bronchialis	[52]
	1194R	5′-ACG TCA TCC CCA CCT TCC TC-3′
10	27FI	5′-AGA GTT TGA TCC TGG CTC AG-3′	G. sputi	[104,105]
	1494Rc	5′-TAC GGC TAC CTT GTT ACG AC-3′
11	fD1	5′-CCG AAT TCG TCG ACA ACA GAG TTT GAT CCT GGC TCA G-3′	G. bronchialis	[106,107]
	rP2	5′-CCC GGG ATC CAA GCT TAC GGC TAC CTT GTT ACG ACT T-3′
12	27F	5′-GAG TTT GAT CCT GGC TCA G-3′	G. terrae	[56]
	1492R	5′-AAG GAG GTG ATC CAG CCG CA-3′
13	5F	5′-TGG AGA GTT TGA TCC TGG CTA G-3′	G. sputi, G. otitidis, G. bronchialis	[71]
	1193R	5′-ACG TCA TCC CCG CTT CCT T-3′
14	w001	5′-AGA GTT TGA TCM TGG CTC-3′	G. bronchialis	[80,108]
	w002	5′-GNT ACC TTG TTA CGA CTT-3′