Table 2 Primers used for qRT-PCR analysis.

From: Microalgae Pediastrum boryanum enhances growth and modulates physiology and transcriptome in Nile tilapia

Gene

Source of isolation

Gene bank accession number

Nucleotide sequence of primers (5′–3′)

Annealing temp. (°C)

Size (bp)

IL-6

Spleen

XM_019350387.2

F: AAACCAATTCCTTCTGGCCCT

R: TCACCTGAGAAGTCACCTGC

56

189

IL-8

Spleen

NM_001279704

F: CTGTGAAGGCATGGGTGTG

R: ATCACTTTCTTCACCCAGGG

58

196

CAT

Liver

JF801726.1

F: TTTGCACGTTTACAGCCGTC

R: CTGATGGCTCGAATAATGGTCC

60

129

SOD

Liver

JF801727.1

F: ACGTGACAACACAGGTTGCT

R: AGTCCCGTTTGATTGCCTCC

58

144

GH

Liver

XM_003442542

F: TAATGGGAGAGGGA AGATGG

R: CTCTGCGATGTAATTCAGGA

60

202

IGF-I

Liver

XM_003448059

F: TTGTCTGTGGAGAGCGAGGCTT

R: CAGCTTTGGAAGCAGCACTCGT

62

90

PGAM2

Muscle

XM_003444358.5

F: GCTATCAAGGAGGCAGGCAT

R: GACGCCAGGTACGAATCACA

58

130

β-actin

Spleen, liver, and muscle

XM_003443127

F: GTGCCCATCTACGAGGGTTA

R: CTCCTTAATGTCACGCACGA

60

156

  1. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), growth hormone (GH), insulin growth factor 1 (IGF-1), phosphoglycerate mutase 2 (PGAM2), and housekeeping (β-actin) gene.