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Table 1 16S variable region range definitions.

From: Bacterial flora-typing with targeted, chip-based Pyrosequencing

Variable region

E. coli 16S rDNA range

5' primer

3' primer

 

start

end

length

  

V1

8

120

113

5'-AGAGTTTGATCMTGGCTCAG

5'-TTACTCACCCGTICGCCRCT

V2

101

361

261

5'-AGYGGCGIACGGGTGAGTAA

5'-CYIACTGCTGCCTCCCGTAG

V3

338

534

197

5'-ACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG

5'-ATTACCGCGGCTGCTGG

V4

519

806

288

5'-TGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAA

5'-GGACTACARGGTATCTAAT

V5

787

926

140

5'-ATTAGATACCYTGTAGTCC

5'-CCGTCAATTCMTTTGAGTTT

V6

907

1073

167

5'-AAACTCAAAKGAATTGACGG

5'-ACGAGCTGACGACARCCATG

V7 & VV8

1054

1406

353

5'-CATGGYTGTCGTCAGCTCGT

5'-ACGGGCGGTGTGTAC

V9

1392

1507

116

5'-GTACACACCGCCCGT

5'-TACCTTGTTACGACTT

  1. Regions were chosen to be mostly non-overlapping, each containing one or two variable regions. Coordinates are given relative to the 1542 bp E. coli K12 16S rDNA sequence.