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Table 2 Description of primers used in PCR for the detection of virulence markers and erythromycin/clindamycin-resistance genes

From: Commensal Streptococcus agalactiaeisolated from patients seen at University Hospital of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil: capsular types, genotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence determinants

Target genea

Sequence of the primer (5′ → 3′)

Amplicon size (bp)

Accession numberb

hylB

F: TGTCTCCGAGGTGACACTTGAACT

124

U15050.1/Y15903.1

R: TTGTGTTGTGACGGGTTGTGGATG

cylE

F: TCGGAACAAGTAAAGAGGGTTCGG

130

AF093787.2/AF157015.2

R: GGGTTTCCACAGTTGCTTGAATGT

PI-1

F: AACCACTAGCAGGCGTTGTCTTTG

147

EU929540.1/EU929469.1

R: TGAGCCCGGAAATTCTGATATGCC

PI-2a

F: GCCGTTAGATGTTGTCTTCGTACT

117

EU929374.1/EU929330.1

R: TTTACTGCGGTCCCAAGAGCTTC

PI-2b

F: AAGTCTTGACCAAGGATACGACGC

152

EU929426.1/EU929391.1

R: ATCGTGTTACTTGCCCTGCGTA

ermA

F: CCGGCAAGGAGAAGGTTATAATGA

190

EU492925.1/EU492926.1

R: GCATTCACCCGTTGACTCATTTCC

ermB

F: GCTCTTGCACACTCAAGTCTCGAT

117

EF422365.1/DQ250996.1

R: ACATCTGTGGTATGGCGGGTAAGT

mefA/E

F: GCGATGGTCTTGTCTATGGCTTCA

225

DQ445273.1/DQ445269.1

 

R: AGCTGTTCCAATGCTACGGAT

  
  1. ahylB, hyaluronate lyase; cylE, hemolysin/cytolysin (β-H/C); PI-1, PI-2a, PI-2b, pilus islands; ermA, ermB cross-resistance to macrolides-lincosamide-streptogramin B; mefA/E resistance only to 14- and 15-membered ring macrolides. bThe nucleotide sequences of Streptococcus agalactiae genes deposited in the GenBank/EMBL databases used for specific primer design.