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Table 1 Primers: Virulence genes of Staphylococcus aureus

From: Distribution of virulence genes and SCCmec types among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of clinical and environmental origin: a study from community of Assam, India

Serial no.

Primer pairs/ Target gene

Sequence

Length (bp)

Reaction conditions

Reference

1

icaA F

GACCTCGAAGTCAATAGAGGT

814bp

Initial denaturation-94°C/2min

\( \left. \begin{aligned} {\text{Denaturation}} - { 94}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 30{\text{ s}} \hfill \\ {\text{Annealing }} - { 46}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ {\text{Extension}} - { 72}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ \end{aligned} \right\}35\;{\text{cycles}} \)

Final Extension- 72°C/ 7 min

[31]

icaA R

CCCAGTATAACGTTGGATACC

2

sea F

TTGGAAACGGTTAAAACGAA

120bp

[27]

sea R

GAACCTTCCCATCAAAAACA

3

seb F

TCGCATCAAACTGACAAACG

478bp

[27]

seb R

GCAGGTACTCTATAAGTGCC

4

eta F

CTAGTGCATTTGTTATTCAA

119bp

Initial denaturation-94°C/2min

\( \left. \begin{aligned} {\text{Denaturation}} - { 94}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 30{\text{ s}} \hfill \\ {\text{Annealing }} - { 46}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ {\text{Extension}} - { 72}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ \end{aligned} \right\}32\;{\text{cycles}} \)

Final Extension- 72°C/ 7 min

[27]

eta R

TGCATTGACACCATAGTACT

5

etb F

ACGGCTATATACATTCAATT

200bp

[27]

etb R

TCCATCGATAATATACCTAA

6

tst F

ACCCCTGTTCCCTTATCATC

326bp

[30]

tst R

TTTTCAGTATTTGTAACGCC

7

cna F

GTCAAGCAGTTATTAACACCAGAC

423bp

Initial denaturation-95°C/2min

\( \left. \begin{aligned} {\text{Denaturation}} - { 95}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 30{\text{ s}} \hfill \\ {\text{Annealing }} - { 50}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ {\text{Extension}} - { 72}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ \end{aligned} \right\}32\;{\text{cycles}} \)

Final Extension- 72°C/ 7 min

[32]

cna R

AATCAGTAATTGCACTTTGTCCACTG

8

fnbA F

GTGAAGTTTTAGAAGGTGGAAAGATTG

643bp

[33]

fnbA R

GCTCTTGTAAGACCATTTTTCTTCAC

9

femB F

TTACAGAGTTAACTGTTACC

651bp

Initial denaturation-95°C/2min

\( \left. \begin{aligned} {\text{Denaturation}} - { 95}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 30{\text{ s}} \hfill \\ {\text{Annealing }} - { 44}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ {\text{Extension}} - { 72}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ \end{aligned} \right\}35\;{\text{cycles}} \)

Final Extension- 72°C/ 7 min

[29]

femB R

ATACAAATCCAGCACGCTCT

10

nuc F

GCGATTGATGGTGATACGGTT

270bp

Initial denaturation-95°C/2min

\( \left. \begin{aligned} {\text{Denaturation}} - { 95}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 30{\text{ s}} \hfill \\ {\text{Annealing }} - { 49}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ {\text{Extension}} - { 72}^\circ {\text{C}}/ 1 {\text{ min}} \hfill \\ \end{aligned} \right\}35\;{\text{cycles}} \)

Final Extension- 72°C/ 7 min

[28]

nuc R

AGCCAAGCCTTGAACGAACTAAAGC