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Table 1 Characteristics of primers used for PCR amplification of genus specific genes and virulence genes

From: Antimicrobial resistance and virulence signatures of Listeria and Aeromonas species recovered from treated wastewater effluent and receiving surface water in Durban, South Africa

Organism

Primer

Sequence (5′–3′)

Product size (bp)

References

Listeria monocytogenes

Plc A

CTG CTT GAG CGT TCA TGT CTC ATC CCC C

1484

[35]

  

ATG GGT TTC ACT CTC CTT CTA C

 

Act A

CGC CGC GGA AAT TAA AAA AAG A

839

  

ACG AAG GAA CCG GGC TGC TAG

 

Iap

ACA AGC TGC ACC TGT TGC AG

131

  

TGA CAG CGT GTG TAG TAG CA

Aeromonas spp.

aer-F

CCTATGGCCTGAGCGAGAAG

431

[36]

aer-R

CCAGTTCCAGTCCCACCACT

 

lip-F

CA(C/T)CTGGT(T/G)CCGCTCAAG

247

 
 

lip-R

GT(A/G)CCGAACCAGTCGGAGAA

  

Listeria spp.

List-Universal 1

ATGTCATGGAATAA

457–610

[28]

 

List-Universal 2

GCTTTTCCAAGGTGTTTTT

  

Aeromonas spp.

gyrB3F

TCCGGCGGTCTGCACGGCGT

1100

[29]

gyrB14R

TTGTCCGGGTTGTACTCGTC