Review Article

Microbial Diversity in the Era of Omic Technologies

Table 3

Oligonucleotide primers that can be used for 16S rRNA variable region PCR amplification and sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes.

PrimerSequence 5′ to 3′Reference

8FAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG[133]
27FAGAGTTTGATCMTGGCTCAG[134]
338RGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT[135]
338FACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGC[136, 137]
530RAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGT[136, 137]
530FACGCTTGCACCCTCCGTATT[136, 137]
805RGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTC[136, 137]
805FGACTACCAGGGTATCTAATCC[136, 138, 139]
967FCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACC[138, 139]
1046FACAGCCATGCAGCACCT[138]
1046RAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGT[138, 139]
1220RGTAGCRCGTGTGTMGCCC[138, 139]
1392RACGGGCGGTGTGTRC[134]