Multilocus sequence analysis for the taxonomic updating and identification of the genus Proteus and reclassification of Proteus genospecies 5 O’Hara et al. 2000, Proteus cibarius Hyun et al. 2016 as later heterotypic synonyms of Proteus terrae Behrendt et al. 2015

Table 3 PCR primers used in this study

Primer	Nucleotide sequence (5′ to 3′)	Amplicon size (bp)	Tm
dnaJ-F	CRATGAAATATCACCCAGAYCG	790	55 °C
dnaJ-R	ACACGRCCATCMAGWGTT	790	55 °C
mdh-F	GCAAAGAAACGGGCATRTT	769	55 °C
mdh-R	CRGGTGGTATTGGTCAGG	769	55 °C
pyrC-F	TGATTGGCATGTTCACTT	745	52 °C
pyrC-R	GATTCTTTGCGATGTTGT	745	52 °C
recA-F	CTRTACCAWGCACCMGCTT	807	52 °C
recA-R	AGGKTCTATCATGCGTCT	807	52 °C
rpoD-F	CGGGAAGGTGAAATTGAT	775	52 °C
rpoD-R	CGATAGACATACGACGGT	775	52 °C

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