Research Article
Investigation of Biofilm Forming Ability in Staphylococci Causing Bovine Mastitis Using Phenotypic and Genotypic Assays
Table 1
Primers used in the study, their nucleotide sequence, annealing temperatures, amplicon sizes, and their references.
| Gene targeted | Primer sequence 5′-3′ (references) | Annealing temperature °C | Amplicon size bp |
| 16S rRNA | GTA GGT GGC AAG CGTTAT CC CGC ACA TCA GCG TCA G Monday and Bohach [19] | 55 | 228 |
| icaA | CCTAACTAACGAAAGGTAG AAGATATAGCGATAAGTGC Vasudevan et al. [4] | 49 | 1315 |
| icaD | AAACGTAAGAGAGGTGG GGCAATATGATCAAGATAC Vasudevan et al. [4] | 49 | 381 |
| Eno | ACGTGCAGCAGCTGACT CAACAGCATYCTTCAGTACCTTC Tristan et al. [20] | 55 | 302 |
| Bap | CCCTATATCGAAGGTGTAGAATTG GCTGTTGAAGTTAATACTGTACCTGC Cucarella et al. [21] | 60 | 971 |
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