Gene Nucleotide sequence Amplicon size (bp) References
eno 5'-ACGTGCAGCAGCTGACT-3' 302 Tristan et al. (2003)
5'-CAACAGCATYCTTCAGTACCTTC-3'
ebpS 5'-CATCCAGAACCAATCGAAGAC-3' 186 Mariana et al., 2009
5'-CTTAACAGTTACATCATCATGTTTATCTTTG-3'
fnbA 5'-GTGAAGTTTTAGAAGGTGGAAAGATTAG-3' 643 Tristan et al., 2009
5'-GCTCTTGTAAGACCATTTTTCTTCAC-3'
fnbB 5'-GTAACAGCTAATGGTCGAATTGATACT-3' 524 Tristan et al. (2003)
5'-CAAGTTCGATAGGAGTACTATGTTC-3'
fib 5'-CTACAACTACAATTGCCGTCAACAG-3' 404 Tristan et al. (2003)
5'-GCTCTTGTAAGACCATTTTCTTCAC-3'
clfA 5'-ATTGGCGTGGCTTCAGTGCT-3' 292 Tristan et al. (2003)
5'-CGTTTCTTCCGTAGTTGCATTTG-3'
clfB 5'-ACATCAGTAATAGTAGGGGGCAAC-3' 205 Tristan et al. (2003)
5'-TTCGCACTGTTTGTGTTTGCAC-3'
hla 5'-CTGGCCTTCAGCCTTTAAGG-3' 455 Ando et al. (2004)
5'-CTGTAGCGAAGTCTGGTGAAA-3'
cna 5'-GTCAAGCAGTTATTAACACCAGAC-3' 423 Tristan et al. (2003)
5'-AATCAGTAATTGCACTTTGTCCACTG-3'
Table 1: Nucleotide sequences and anticipated amplicon sizes for the S. aureus gene-specific oligonucleotide primers.