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Table 1 List of primers and probes used in the study

From: Mailed versus frozen transport of nasal swabs for surveillance of respiratory bacteria in remote Indigenous communities in Australia

Bacteria

Designation

Oligonucleotide sequence

Gene

Reference

Streptococcus pneumoniae

F primer

AGCGATAGCTTTCTCCAAGTG

ply

[10]

 

R primer

CTTAGCCAAATCGTTTACCG

  
 

Probe

FAM*-ACCCCAGCAATTCAAGTGTTCGCG- BHQ1§

  

Moraxella catarrhalis

F primer

GTGAGTGCCGCTTTTACAA

copB

[11]

 

R primer

CCGTGAGTGCCGCTTTTACAACC

  
 

Probe

FAM –TGCTTTTGCAGCTGTTAGCCAGCCTAA- BHQ1

  

Haemophilus influenzae

F primer

GGTTAAATATGCCGATGGTGTTG

hpd3

[12]

 

R primer

TGCATCTTTACGCACGGTGTA

  
 

Probe

   

Haemophilus influenza

F primer

CCAGCTGCTAAAGTATTAGTAGAAG

p6

[13]

 

R primer

TTCACCGTAAGATACTGTGCC

  
 

Probe

FAM- CAGATGCAGTTGAAGGTTATTTAG–BHQ1

  

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

GTTGCTTAGTGTTAACTTTAGTTGTA

nuc

[14]

 

Staphylococcus aureus

AATGTCGCAGGTTCTTTATGTAATTT

  
 

Probe

FAM- AAGTCTAAGTAGCTCAGCAAATGCA–BHQ1

  

MRSA Ŧ

mec2-F

mec2-F

SCCmec

[9]

 

mec3-F

ATTTCATATATGTAATTCCTCCACATCTC

  
 

mec4-F

CAAATATTATCTCGTAATTTACCTTGTTC

  
 

mec5-F

CTCTGCTTTATATTATAAAATTACGGCTG

  
 

mec7-F

CACTTTTTATTCTTCAAAGATTTGAGC

  
 

orfX-R

GGATCAAACGGCCTGCACA

  
 

Probe

FAM-CRTAGTTACTRCGTTGTAAGACGTC-BHQ1

  

Bordetella pertussis

F primer

ATCAAGCACCGCTTTACCC

IS 481

[15]

 

R primer

TTGGGAGTTCTGGTAGGTGTG

  
 

Probe

FAM- AATGGCAAGGCCGAACGCTTCA–BHQ1

  
  1. *FAM = 6-Carboxyfluorescein §BHQ1 = Black Hole Quencher-1 ŦMRSA = Methicillin resistant S. aureus.