Table 1

Oligonucleotide primer sequences (from 5′ to 3′)

Target gene Primer Sequence Base no Amplication length (bp) EMBL accession no
ospAOuter primer 1ggg aat agg tct aat att agc c18–39665 X66065
Outer primer 2Cac taa ttg tta aag tgg aag t660–682
Nested primer 1Gca aaa tgt tag cag cct tga t54–75392
Nested primer 2Ctg tgt att caa gtc tgg ttc c423–444
p66Outer primer 1cga aga tac taa atc tgt9–26371 M58429
Outer primer 2gat caa ata ttt cag ctt362–379
Nested primer 1tgc aga aac acc ttt tga at30–49236
Nested primer 2aat cag tcc cca ttt gca671–690
PDHprimer 1ggt atg gat gag gag ctg ga142–161185 J03576
primer 2cag ccc tcg act aac ctt gt218–237