Research Article

Antibiotic resistance’s Genotypic and Phenotypic Characteristics and the Frequency of Virulence Factors in P. aeruginosa Isolates Isolated from Water Samples in Iran

Table 1

List of primers used to detect virulence factors in P. aeruginosa strains isolated from water [28].

Virulence genesSequence (5–3)Size of product (bp)

algDF: AAGGCGGAAATGCCATCTCC
R: AGGGAAGTTCCGGGCGTTTG
275
algUF: CGCGAACCGCACCATCGCTC
R: GCCGCACGTCACGAGC
410
lasBF: ACACAATACATATCAACTTCGC
R: AGTGTGTTTAGAATGGTGATC
284
toxAF: ATGTGCAGYACCAGTAARGT
R: TGGGTRAARTARGTSACCAGA
270
plcHF: CACACGGAAGGTTAATTCTGA
R: CGGTTARACGGCTGAACCTG
608
plcNF: CGACTTCCATTTCCCGATGC
R: GGACTCTGCAACAAATACGC
481
exoSF: GTGTGCTTTATGCCATGAG
R: GGTTTCCTTTTCCAGGTC
444
exoTF: CATCGTCTACGCCATGAG
R: AGCAGCACCTCGGAATAG
1159
exoYF: GGAATGAACGAAGCGTTCTCCGAC
R: TGGCGTCGACGAACACCTCG
1035
exoUF: CTGCGCGGGTCTATGTGCC
R: GATGCTGGACGGGTCGAG
3308
aprF: GCACGTGGTCATCCTGATGC
R: TCCGTAGGCGTCGACGTAC
1017
phzIIF: TCCGTTATCGCAACCAGCCCTACG
R: TCGCTGTCGAGCAGGTCGAAC
1036
phzMF: CGTCGTGTTCAAGCAGATGGTGCTG
R: CCGAACCGCTTCACCAGGC
875
phzSF: CAATCATCTCAGCAGAACCC
R: TGTCGTAGAGGATCTCCTG
1752
phzIF: TATCGACGGTCATCGTCAGGT
R: TTGATGCACTCGACCAGCAAG
392
phzHF: GATTCCATCACAGGCTCG
R: CTAGCAATGGCACTAATCG
1752
lasAF: TGTCCAGCAATTCTCTTGC
R: CGTTTTCCACGGTGACC
1075
pvdAF: GCCAAGGTTTGTTGTCGG
R: CGCATTGACGATATGGAAC
1281
pilAF: ATGGAGAGCGGGATCGACAG
R: ATGCGGGTTTCCATCGGCAG
1675
pilBF: TCGCCATGACCGATACGCTC
R: ACAACCTGAGCCAGCCTTCC
408