Research Article
Comparison between Whatman FTA Elute Cards and Conventional Swab for the Detection of Pathogenic Enteric Bacteria Using an RT-qPCR Assay
Table 1
Primers used in the study.
| Bacteria | Gene name | | Sequence (5′-3′) | Amplicon size expected (bp) |
| Escherichia coli O157:H7 | Shiga toxins (stx1) | Forward | TTTGTYACTGTSACAGCWGAAGCYTTACG | 132 | Reverse | CCCCAGTTCARWGTRAGRTCMACRTC | Probe-FAM | CTGGATGATCTCAGTGGGCGTTCTTATGTA A | Shiga toxins (stx2) | Forward | TTTGTYACTGTSACAGCWGAAGCYTTACG | 128 | Reverse | CCCCAGTTCARWGTRAGRTCMACRTC | Probe-VIC | TCGTCAGGCACTGTCTGAAACTGCTCC |
| Listeria monocytogenes | hlyA-177 | hlyA-177-F | TGCAAGTCCTAAGACGCCA | 120 | hlyA-177-R | CACTGCATCTCCGTGGTATACTAA | hlyA-146 | hlyA-146-F | AAATCTGTCTCAGGYGATGT | 113 | hlyA-146-R | CGATGATTTGAACTTCATCTTTTGC |
| Salmonella enteritidis | invA | invA-F | CACGCTCTTTCGTCTGGCA | 154 | invA-R | TACGGTTCCTTTGACGGTGCGA |
| Staphylococcus aureus | FemB | FemB-F | AATTAACGAAATGGGCAGAAACA | 93 | FemB-R | TGCGCAACACCCTGAACTT |
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