Research Article

Molecular and Phenotypic Characteristics of Escherichia coli Isolates from Farmed Minks in Zhucheng, China

Table 1

Primers used in the PCRs carried out in this study.

PrimerSequence (5′-3′)TargetPCR product size (bp)

Class 1 Integron
Hep58TCA TGG CTT GTT ATG ACT GTClass 1 integron variable regionVariable
Hep59GTA GGG CTT ATT ATG CAC GC
β-Lactamases
TEM-FATAAAATTCTTGAAGACGAAAblaTEM643
TEM-RGACAGTTACCAATGCTTAATC
SHV-FTTATCTCCCTGTTAGCCACCblaSHV860
SHV-RGATTTGCTGATTTCGCTCGG
PSE-FTAGGTGTTTCCGTTCTTGblaPSE150
PSE-RTCATTTCGCTCTTCCATT
OXA-FTCAACTTTCAAGATCGCAblaOXA591
OXA-RGTGTGTTTAGAATGGTGA
CMY-2-FACGGAACTGATTTCATGATGblaCMY-2714
CMY-2-RGAAAGGAGGCCCAATATCCT
Tetracyclines
tetA-FGCTACATCCTGCTTGCCTTCtetA211
tetA-RCATAGATCGCCGTGAAGAGG
tetB-FTTGGTTAGGGGCAAGTTTTGtetB391
tetB-RGTAATGGGCCAATAACACCG
Plasmid-mediated quinolones
qnrA-FATTTCTCACGCCAGGATTTGqnrA519
qnrA-RGATCGGCAAAGGTTAGGTCA
qnrB-FGATCGTGAAAGCCAGAAAGGqnrB513
qnrB-RACGATGCCTGGTAGTTGTCC
qnrC-FGGTTGTACATTTATTGAATCqnrC666
qnrC-RTCCACTTTACGAGGTTCT
qnrD-FAGATCAATTTACGGGGAATAqnrD984
qnrD-RAACAAGCTGAAGCGCCTG
qnrS-FACGACATTCGTCAACTGCAAqnrS417
qnrS-RTAAATTGGCACCCTGTAGGC
aac(6)-Ib-FTTGCGATGCTCTATGAGTGGCTAaac(6)-Ib-cr482
aac(6)-Ib-RCTCGAATGCCTGGCGTGTTT
oqxA-FGATCAGTCAGTGGGATAGTTToqxA670
oqxA-RTACTCGGCGTTAACTGATTA
Chloramphenicols
cmlA-FTGCCAGCAGTGCCGTTTATcmlA900
cmlA-RCACCGCCCAAGCAGAAGTA
stcM-LCACGTTGAGCCTCTATATGGfloR890
stcM-RATGCAGAAGTAGAACGCGAC
Sulphonamides
sul1-FCTTCGATGAGAGCCGGCGGCsul1238
sul1-FGCAAGGCGGAAACCCGCGCC
sul2-FGCGCTCAAGGCAGATGGCATTsul2793
sul2-FGCGTTTGATACCGGCACCCGT
sul3-RAGATGTGATTGATTTGGGAGCsul3443
sul3-RTAGTTGTTTCTGGATTAGAGCCT
Aminoglycosides
aac(3)-I-FACCTACTCCCAACATCAGCCaac(3)-I528
aac(3)-I-RATATAGATCTCACTACGCGC
aac(3)-II-FACTGTGATGGGATACGCGTCaac(3)-II482
aac(3)-II-RCTCCGTCAGCGTTTCAGCTA
aac(3)-III-FCACAAGAACGTGGTCCGCTAaac(3)-III185
aac(3)-III-RAACAGGTAAGCATCCGCATC
aac(3)-IV-FCTTCAGGATGGCAAGTTGGTaac(3)-IV286
aac(3)-IV-RTCATCTCGTTCTCCGCTCAT
Ant(2)-FATGTTACGCAGCAGGGCAGTCGAnt(2)187
Ant(2)-RCGTCAGATCAATATCATCGTGC