Table 1

Primer	Primer sequences 5’-3’	Target	Reference
16S F1 16S R2	GAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG GWATTACCGCGGCKGCTG	16S rRNA gene	Dorsch and Stackebrandt 1992
H279 H280	GAIIIIGCIGGIGAYGGIACIACIAC YKIYKITCICCRAAICCIGGIGCYTT	cpn60	Goh et al. 2000
U341 U803	aGC clamp-CCTACGGGAGGCAGCAG CTACCAGGGTATCTAATCC	16S rRNA gene	Muyzer et al, 2003 Baker et al, 2003 Van de Peer et al, 1996
Ef-F Ef-R	GAGGCAGACCAGATTGACG ACTAGGTGTGGAACGGATG	E. faecium specific DNA	Cheng et al. 1997
Bl-f Bl-R	CGTTGCTTCTGATTGCTGAAGACG CGTTGAATGTTCCGCGAAGCTTGT	Bacillus licheniformis cpn60	This study
Bc-f BcR	CAAGAAATCTTACCAGTATTA TTCACTACTAATGTAGCTAACG	Bacillus cereus cpn60	This study
Bs-f Bs-R	GACAATCCTTACATCTTAATCAC AACAAGTGTTGCAAGTGCTT	Bacillus subtilis cpn60	This study
Brev-f Brev-R	CTGGAGCAAGTTGTACAAAGC CAGCAACAGCTGTGAAGGTA	Brevibacillus choshinensis cpn60	This study
Ab-F Ab-R	CATTCGTGAATTGATTTCTGT CATGTTGTTTACAACAAGAGT	Acinetobacter baumannii cpn60	This study

^aGC clamp sequence: GCGGGCGGGGCGGGGGCACGGGGGGCGCGGCGGGCGGGGCGGGGG

Table 1: Primer sequences.