Table 1 List of primer pairs for the amplification and sequencing of Microcystis.

From: Polysaccharide biosynthesis-related genes explain phenotype-genotype correlation of Microcystis colonies in Meiliang Bay of Lake Taihu, China

Primer

For sequence (5′–3′)

Rev sequence (5′–3′)

Reference

16S

ATGTGCCGCGAGGTGAAACCTAAT

TTACAATCCAAAGACCTTCCTCCC

Gan et al.26

ITS(A)

TCAGGTTGCTTAACGACCTA

(G/T)TTCGCTCGCC(A/G)CTAC

Otsuka et al. (1999a)

ITS(S)

CCAGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGG

GGGTT(T/G/C)CCCCATTCGG

Otsuka et al.(1999a)

cpcBA-IGS

GGCTGCTTGTTTACGCGACA

CCAGTACCACCAGCAACTAA

Otsuka et al. (1999b)

mcyB

CTATGTTATTTATACATCAGG

CTCAGCTTAACTTGATTATC

Neilan et al. (1995)

epsL

CGATGGGTGCGTTATCTTCC

GCCGATTACTGGCTGTCCTG

Gan et al.26

TagH

CCGACAAAGGGACAGGTGAGA

CGCAAATCCTAAACGAGCCAC

Gan et al.26