Table 2 Generated sequences in this study and their identification.

From: Potential zoonotic pathogens hosted by endangered bonobos

Agents

Used primers

Length and Tm

Obtained sequences

Amplified fragment

New sequence ID

Best blast hits (genebank acc number)

EMCVs

P1-CCCTACCTCACGGAATGGGGCAAAG

F1-TTATWATTAGGGCIGGYTTG

F2-CTAGCAAAGACAGGRTAYAA

R2-ACGRAAIGGGGCAAAGAG

Nested PCR: P1/F1 (400 bp) at 55 °C; then F2/R2 (250 bp) at 55 °C

3

250 bp of 3D

MW046203–MW046205

 > 99% with ECMV Strain ATCC VR-129B (KM269482)

Adenoviruses

Fw Outer-TGATGCGYTTCTTACCTYTGGTYTCCATGAG

Rw Outer-AGTTYTACATGCTGGGCTCTTACCG

Fw inner-GTGACAAAGAGGCTGTC-CGTGTCCCCGTA

Rw inner- TCACGTGGCCTACACTTACA-AGCCAATCAC

Nested PCR: outer primers (≈ 1400 bp) at 58 °C, then Inner primers (≈ 250 bp) at 55 °C

10

250 bp of DNA pol

92 to 98% with SAdV-42.1 (FJ025903) and SAdV-42.2 (FJ025902) belonged to AdV-C

1

93% with HAdV sp. isolate DT5 (MK241690) belonged to AdV-C

1

SAdV-35 (FJ0259120) belonged to AdV-B

2

SAdV-26 (FJ025923) and SAdV-39 (FJ025924) belonged to AdV-E

Leptospira spp.

F- TAGGAAATTGCGCAGCTACA

R- GCATCGAGAGGAATTAACATCA

F/R (520 bp), 53 °C

5

460–520 bp of LipL41

MW067650–MW067654

 > 99% with L. interrogans serovar Grippotyphosa (JQ690557)

Treponema spp.

F1-GGGAGTGAGACTGCGIGCG

R2- GGTGTCASCMCCTATACGTCYCAT

F1/R2 (900 bp), 57 °C

5

787–1039 bp of 23S

MT257118–MT257135

 > 99.5% with T. succinifaciens strain 609 (NR076867) and > 97.5% with Treponema spp. from other African NHPs

3

95–98% with T. succinifaciens (NR076867)

1

93% with T. succinifaciens DSM 2489 (CP002631)

3

83% with T. succinifaciens DSM 2489 and T. brennaborense DSM 12,168 (CP002696)

7

78–88% with T. brennaborense and 81–99% with T. berlinense (FUXC01000026)

Oesophagostumum spp.

Fwd.18S.631-TCGTCATTGCTGCGGTTAAA

Rwd.18S.1825r- GGTTCAAGCCACTGCGATTAA

1127–1155 bp, 54 °C

1

1100 bp of 18S

MT89 0583

99.5% and 99.4% with O. aculeatum (AB677956) and O. muntiacum NSMT:As4470 (LC415112)

NC1-TTAGTTTCTTTTCCTCCGCT

NC2-ACGTCTGGTTCAGGGTTGTT

OesophITS2-21TGTRACACTGTTTGTCGAAC

Hemi-nested PCR: NC1/ NC2 (280–400 bp), 50 °C; NC2/ OesophITS2-21 (260 bp), 55 °C

27

268–307 bp of ITS2 region

MW040123–MW040151

 > 99% with O. stephanostomum (KR149651)

2

97% with O. bifurcum (MT184890) and with O. cf. aculeatum (AB586134)

Kinetoplastida sp.

F720-GTTAAAGGGTTCGTAGTTGAA

R1425- GACTACAATGGTCTCTAATCA

F720/R1425 (≈ 750 bp), 50 °C

3

475–522 bp of 18S

MT886281–MT886283

 > 99% identity with Trypanosoma theleiri (KR024688)

1

MT886284

 > 99% Bodo saltans (MH614643)