Table 2 List of gene targets and corresponding assays for quantifying materials.

From: An inter-laboratory study to investigate the impact of the bioinformatics component on microbiome analysis using mock communities

Organism

Gene

Accession no.

Oligonucleotide Name

Sequence (5′–3′)

Amplicon size (bp)

References

A. baumannii

ompA

KJ363323

ompA_F

CATGGAACTTCGTGTGATTCTTTG

111

O’Sullivan et al. (2014)14

ompA_R

GCAGTAGCGTTAGGGTATTCAGATAAT

ompA_MGB

[6FAM] AAATCAAACATCAAAGACC [MGBNFQ]

E. coli

uidA

AE014075

uidA_F

GCCCGCTTCGAAACCAAT

120

O’Sullivan et al. (2014)14

uidA_R

TCGCATTACCCTTACGCTGAA

uidA_HP

[6FAM] TCCATGTTCATCTGCCCAGTCGAGC [BHQ1]

E. faecalis

groES

AF335185

groES_F

TTACTGTGTCACCAATTTTTACTTCCA

96

O’Sullivan et al. (2014)14

groES_R

AACCACAAACAGGTGAAGTTATCG

groES_HP

[6FAM] TGCCATTTTCAAGCACACGACCTTCA [BHQ1]

E. faecium

ddl

U39790,

ddl_F

ACGTAGCATTCTATGATTATGAAGC

124

Naserpour Farivar et al. (2014)43

ddl_R

CATCGTGTAAGCTAACTTCG

ddl_P

[6FAM] CAGATTCCAGCCGAAGTGCC [BHQ1]

H. influenzae

hin

P26093

Hin_F

CCGGGTGCGGTAGAATTTAATAA

91

Garcha et al. (2012)44

Hin_R

CTGATTTTTCAGTGCTGTCTTTGC

Hin_HP

[6FAM]ACAGCCACAACGGTAAAGTGTTCTACG [BHQ1]

K. pneumoniae

khe

AF293352

Khe_F

GATGAAACGACCTGATTGCATTC

77

Hartman et al. (2009)45

Khe_R

CCGGGCTGTCGGGATAAG

Khe_HP

[6FAM] CGCGAACTGGAAGGGCCCG [BHQ1]

M. catarrhalis

mor

U69982

Mor_F

GTGAGTGCCGCTTTTACAACC

72

Greiner et al. (2003)46

Mor_R

TGTATCGCCTGCCAAGACAA

Mor_HP

[6FAM] TGCTTTTGCAGCTGTTAGCCAGCCTAA [BHQ1]

M. tuberculosis

rpo_B

AL123456

RPOB_FW1

CAAAACAGCCGCTAGTCCTAGTC

84

Devonshire et al. (2015)47

RPOB_RV1

AAGGAGACCCGGTTTGGC

RPOB_P1

[6FAM]AGTCGCCCGCAAAGTTCCTCGAA[NFQ]

N. meningitidis

ctrA

AM4210808

CtrA_F

GCCGTTTGTTGGCGATATTT

150

O’Sullivan et al. (2014)14

CtrA_R

GCACGAATCACCGACACATT

CtrA_HP

[6FAM]CGGTGGTCGGTAAAACGCCTGG [BHQ1]

P. aeruginosa

regA

EU342000

regA_F

TGCTGGTGGCACAGGACAT

65

Lee et al. (2006)48

regA_R

TTGTTGGTGCAGTTCCTCATTG

regA_MGB

[6FAM] CAGATGCTTTGCCTCAA [MGBNFQ]

S. agalactiae

sip

HQ878436

sip_F

ATCCTGAGACAACACTGACA

78

O’Sullivan et al. (2014)14

sip-R

TTGCTGGTGTTTCTATTTTCA

sip-HP

[6FAM] ATCAGAAGAGTCATACTGCCACTTC [BHQ1]

S. aureus

coA

AB436985

coA_F

GTAGATTGGGCAATTACATTTTGGAGG

117

O’Sullivan et al. (2014)14

coA_R

CGCATCTGCTTTGTTATCCCATGTA

coA-HP

[6FAM] TAGGCGCATTAGCAGTTGCATC [BHQ1]

S. enterica

ttr

AE006468

ttr_F

CGGCGATGCGTATCACTTT

61

This study

ttr_R

TTGGACACAGTGCGGTATCC

ttr_P

[FAM] CATCGGCATTAACCCGGGCG [BHQ1]

S. epidermidis

femA_SE

U23713

F femA-SE

TGCCTTTACAGATAGCATGCCA

172

Francois et al. (2003)49

R femA-SE

AGTAAGTAAGCAAGCTGCAATGACC

P femA-SE

TCATTTCACGCAAACTGTTGGCCACTATG

S. pneumoniae

lytA

HG531769

LytA_F

ACGCAATCTAGCAGATGAAGC

101

Harris et al. (2008)50

LytA_R

TGTTTGGTTGGTTATTCGTGC

LytA_HP

[6FAM] TTTGCCGAAAACGCTTGATACAGGG [BHQ1]

S. pyogenes

csrR

JX414161

csrR_F

TGGATGTGGTTGCAGGTTTAGAC

79

O’Sullivan et al. (2014)14

csrR_R

CGGGCAAGTAGTTCTTCAATGG

csrR_HP

[6FAM] CGGTGCAGACGACTATATTGTTAAACC [BHQ1]