Wide Distribution of Virulence Genes among Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Clinical Isolates

Table 1

Characteristics of different primers used in the current study.

Primer name	Sequence (5′-3′)	Size (bp)	Accession number
pilA	Forward: AAAACGCCACCAGAGAAGGT; Reverse: CATTGGCGCAATCACAACCA	459	ENA∣ACI49671
pilB	Forward: GATACCCAGCTGACGGCTTT; Reverse: GGTACTGCCGAAAACGAAGC	959	EFF34880
fms8	Forward: AGACGAGCAGATGAACAGCC; Reverse: CCCGTCAATCGTCGTACTGT	765	YP_006376887
efaAfm	Forward: AAAAGGCAAGCGACGCAGAT; Reverse: AGGTCTAGCCAAGCATGAGG	199	FJ609170
sgrA	Forward: CTGATCGGATTGTTTATGA; Reverse: AATAAACTTCCCCAATAACTT	150	AGS75503
ecbA	Forward: GGAGTGAGGCTTTTAAACCAGA; Reverse: GGAAACAGGGTACTTTG	182	AGS75851
hyl	Forward: CCCTGGACACATGAAATGCG; Reverse: AGCATCGGCCGTTGATAGAC	605	AF544400
scm	Forward: GTTTACTAGTCCTAGTTGC; Reverse: TCTGTACTGTCGCTTGTGTC	1015	YP_006377279