Table 1 Characteristics of genes, primers, PCR-conditions, nucleotide diversity and polymorphic sites for the K. variicola MLST scheme.

From: Molecular epidemiology of Klebsiella variicola obtained from different sources

Locus

Function

Primer name

Primer sequence

Temp (°C)

Size (bp)

No. of alleles

Nucleotide diversity

Polymorphic sites (nonsynonymous substitutions)

leuS

Leucyl-tRNA synthetase

leuSKv-F

CGAACAGGTTATCGACGGCT

63

594

48

0.012462

48 (8)

leuSKv-R

CAAAGGTGTCGGTTTCACGC

     

pgi

Phosphoglucose isomerase

pgiKv-F

AAAGAGACCGATCTGGCAGG

60

600

42

0.016425

49 (6)

pgiKv-R

ACCAGATACCGATCAGCGCC

     

pgk

Phosphoglycerate kinase

pgkKv-F

TCGTGATGGATGCTTTCGGT

63

444

26

0.012647

33 (10)

pgkKv-R

AGATTTTGTCAGCGATGCCG

     

phoE

Phosphoporine E

phoEKv-F

CTGTACGACGTGGAAGCCTG

63

453

54

0.018569

46 (10)

phoEKv-R

CCACGAAGGCGTTCATGTTT

     

pyrG

CTP synthase

pyrGKv-F

CCGATCGCTATGGTCGCTG

60

522

60

0.011535

48 (22)

pyrGKv-R

CGGGACATCAGTTCCGGGT

     

rpoB

β-subunit of RNA polymerase B

rpoBKv-F

GCCAGCTGTCCCAGTTTATG

60

513

25

0.014945

38 (3)

rpoBKv-R

GAACGGTACCGCCACGTTTA

     

fusA

Elongation factor G

fusAKv-F

CGAAAACCAAAGCTGACCAGG

62

561

15

0.007130

23 (4)

fusAKv-R

CATGGTGTATGATGCACGACCT