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Table 2 Oligonucleotide primers for capsular typing

From: Prevalence and capsular type distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women in Namibia and South Africa

Primer name

Sequence

Band size (bp)

Ia-F

Ia-R

GGTCAGACTGGATTAATGGTATGC

GTAGAAATAGCCTATATACGTTGAATGC

521

Ib-F

Ib-R

TAAACGAGAATGGAATATCACAAACC

GAATTAACTTCAATCCCTAAACAATATCG

770

II-F

II-R

GCTTCAGTAAGTATTGTAAGACGATAG

TTCTCTAGGAAATCAAATAATTCTATAGGG

397

III-F

III-R

TCCGTACTACAACAGACTCATCC

AGTAACCGTCCATACATTCTATAAGC

1826

IV-F

IV-R

GGTGGTAATCCTAAGAGTGAACTGT

CCTCCCCAATTTCGTCCATAATGGT

578

V-F

V-R

GAGGCCAATCAGTTGCACGTAA

AACCTTCTCCTTCACACTAATCCT

701

VI-F

VI-R

GGACTTGAGATGGCAGAAGGTGAA

CTGTCGGACTATCCTGATGAATCTC

487

VII-F

VII-R

CCTGGAGAGAACAATGTCCAGAT

GCTGGTCGTGATTTCTACACA

371

VIII-F

VIII-R

AGGTCAACCACTATATAGCGA

TCTTCAAATTCCGCTGACTT

282

  1. (Adopted from Poyart et al., 2007) [38]