Monitoring the prevalence of viable and dead cariogenic bacteria in oral specimens and in vitro biofilms by qPCR combined with propidium monoazide

Table 2 Oligonucleotide primers used in this study

Primer	Sequence (5’→3’)	Locus	Reference
Sm F	GTATGCAGGTGAAGAAGC	Sm3-15	[5]
Sm R	TGGCCACACAATGACCAT
Ss F	TGGCATTGCCGTAGGAAT	Ss6	[5]
Ss R	TTGTCGACGGGTTCTAGT
Universal F	TCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG	16S rRNA	[21]
Universal R	GGACTACCAGGGTATCTA	16S rRNA

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