DGGE Identification of Microorganisms Associated with Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato- or Anaplasma phagocytophilum-Infected Ixodes ricinus Ticks from Northwest Norway

Table 1

List of DGGE primers, qPCR primers, and probes in 5′ to 3′ orientation.

Target species	Name	Sequence	Ref.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum	ApMSP2f	ATGGAAGGTAGTGTTGGTTATGGTATT
	ApMSP2r	TTGGTCTTGAAGCGCTCGTA	[22]
	ApMSP2p	TGGTGCCAGGGTTGAGCTTGAGATTG
Borrelia burgdorferi  sensu lato	recAf; recAr	GTGGATCTATTGTATTAGATGAAGCTCTTG; GCCAAAGTTCTGAAACATTAACTCCCAAAG	[23]
	BbslP	ATAGCTGCTTTTATTGATGCTGA	This study
Multispecies	341f	CCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG
	341fGC	CGCCCGCCGCGCGCGGCGGGCGGGGCGGGG; GCACGGGGGGCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG	[19]
	518r	ATTACCGCGGCTGCTGG