Table 1. Primers used for Bacillus spp. identification¹.

Species	Primer	Sequence (5′–3′)	Amplicon size (bp)
B. cereus	BCGSH-1F	GTG CGA ACC CAA TGG GTC TTC	400
	BCGSH-1R	CC T TGT TGT AC C AC T TG C TC
B. anthracis	BASH-2F	GGT AGA TTA GCA GAT TGC TCT TCA AAA GA	253
	BASH-2R	ACG AGC TTT CTC AAT ATC AAA ATC TCC GC
B. thuringiensis	BTJH-1F	GCT TAC CAG GGA AAT TGG CAG	299
	BTJH-R	ATC AAC GTC GGC GTC GG
B. cereus	BCJH-F	TCA TGA AGA GCC TGT GTA CG	475
	BCJH-1R	CGA CGT GTC AAT TCA CGC GC
B. mycoides	BMSH-F	TTT TAA GAC TGC TCT AAC ACG TGT AAT	604
	BMSH-R	TTC AAT AGC AAA ATC CCC ACC AAT
B. licheniformis	AY185898-F	CTGGGGGACATGCTGATCCGCA	497
	AY185898-R	AAGTCCGGATGGGCGGCACACA
B. subtilis	AJ539133-F	TTTACGATGGCGTTCAGCAAC	744
	AJ539134-R	GGAAGTGCCTTCATTTCCGGCT

Notes.

¹Park et al. (2007); Sadeghi et al. (2012).