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Table 2 Characteristics of the best blocking oligonucleotides complementing the primer pair nu-SSU-1333-5′/nu-SSU-1647-3′ (FF390/FR-1)

From: A comprehensive fungi-specific 18S rRNA gene sequence primer toolkit suited for diverse research issues and sequencing platforms

Target

Sequence

ComPrim

#nt

Tm (°C)

Fungi (%)

Alv. (%)

Rhiz. (%)

Stram. (%)

Tel. (%)

Alveolata

gtcgctcctaccgattga

nu-SSU-1647-3ËŠ

16

50.3

0.08

52.6

6.3

0.9

3.3

Rhizaria

ttaacgaacgagacctcga

nu-SSU-1333-5ËŠ

15

48.9

0

0

24.3

0.3

0

Stramenopiles

tcgcacctaccgattgaa

nu-SSU-1647-3ËŠ

14

48.3

0

0.5

0.3

77.1

1.7

Telonema

gaccttaacctactaaatagtta

nu-SSU-1333-5ËŠ

4

48.1

0

0.3

0

0

39.2

  1. Fungal and non-fungal eukaryotic sequence coverage rate tested by in silico analysis
  2. ComPrim Sequence complement to the indicated primer
  3. #nt Number of identical nt’s shared by primer and blocking oligo sequence
  4. Tm Annealing temperature
  5. %Fungi Coverage rate for fungal sequences
  6. %Alv. Coverage rate for Alveolata sequences
  7. %Rhiz. Coverage rate for Rhizaria sequences
  8. %Stram. Coverage rate for Stramenopiles sequences
  9. %Tel. Coverage rate for Telonema sequences