Research Article

Populations of Select Cultured and Uncultured Bacteria in the Rumen of Sheep and the Effect of Diets and Ruminal Fractions

Table 1

Primers* used to retrieve full-length rrs gene sequences of the uncultured bacteria.

Partial sequences (GenBank accession no.)Sequences ( )Annealing position (E. coli numbering)Amplicon length (bp)

Lq-H1-18 (AY816400)GAC ACA CCT GAT CTC TCA GGT T1006–10281,021
Ad-H1-89 (AY816504)CGA CTT TGC TTC CCT CTG TTT1246–12661,259
Ad-C2-43 (AY816609)CTC CAG AGT GCC CAT CCG AA1135–11541,147
Ad-C1-74 (AY816616)GAA GGG ACC GGT TAA GGT C1013–10311,024
Lq-H2-71 (AY816389)TTC TCG GCC CCA AAT TCG1466–14831,476
Ad-H1-14 (AY816508)GAT TTG CTT ACC CTC GCG GGT TT1260–12821,275
Ad-H1-53 (AY816423)CGT ATC TCT ACG GCT TTA C1002–10201,013
Ad-H1-75 (AY816420)CAC ACC TTG TAT CTC TAC AAG C1006–10271,020
Ad-H2-90 (AY816432)CTT CGA CAG CTG CCT CCT TA1451–14701,463
Lq-C1-28 (AY816538)CCA GGG CCA TTA CAC CCT GT1005–10251,018
Lq-C2-16 (AY816578)GAC TTT GCT TCC CTT TGT TTT G1245–12651,258
Lq-C2-58 (AY816550)AGC CTC CGA TAC ATC TCT GC1010–10291,022

*Only the primers that produced a single sequence were listed.