Table 2

Gene	Positive control strains	Sequence 5` - 3`	Fragment (bp)	Ref.
16s rDNA	N/A^a	TAACACATGCAAGTCGAACG	1377	LMGTb
		ACGGGCGGTGTGTRC		LMGT
AS-48	N/A	TTTTTGGGGTTAGCCTTGTT	191	[41]
		GCTGCAGCGAGTAAAGAAG		[41]
Bacteriocin 31	N/A	TTTGTGGCATTATTGGGATT	166	[42]
		CCATGTTGTACCCAACCATT		[42]
Enterocin A	E. faecium LMGT 2771	GACACAACTTATCTATGGGGGTA	155	[25]
		CTGGAATTGCTCCACCTAAA		[25]
Enterocin B	E. faecium LMGT 2771	TGAAACAAATTATCGGTGGAG	166	[43]
		TATACATTTGCTAACCCAGCAG		[43]
Enterocin P	E. faecium LMGT 2772	TTTGGTACAAAAGTTGATGCAG	153	[44]
		ATGTCCCATACCTGCCAAAC		[44]
Enterocin L50A & L50B	E. faecium LMGT 2763	TTGGGTGGCCTATTGTTAAA	224	[26]
		TCTATTGTCCATCCTTGTCCA		[26]
Enterocin Q	E. faecium LMGT 2763	TTAAAGAAAGGAGGCGGAAA	107	[45]
		TGGCAAGCATCCATATTTCA		[45]
Enterolysin A	E. faecalis LMGT 2333	CGCAGCTTCTAATGAGTGGT	161	[12]
		CATACACACTGCCATTTCCA		[12]
Mundticin	N/A	AACAGCAAAAGAAATGTCACAA	154	[20]
		ACCAGCTGCTCCACCAGTA		[20]
Cytolysin	E. faecalis LMGT 2814	TGGCGGTATTTTTACTGGAG	186	[35]
		TGAATCGCTCCATTTCTTC		[35]

^a N/A: Not available.
^b LMGT: Laboratory of microbial gene technology.

Table 2: The designed PCR primers and positive control strains used in this study.