Volume 16, Number 12—December 2010
Dispatch
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Domesticated Asian Elephants, Thailand
Table 1
Primers used to identify bacteria cultured from trunk wash and tissue samples from domesticated Asian elephants, Thailand, 2003–2008*
Primer | Forward | Reverse |
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16s rRNA | 5′-AgA gTT TgA TCC Tgg CTC Ag-3′ | 5′-ACg gCT ACC TTg TTA CgA CTT-3′ |
ITS | 5′-TTg TAC ACA CCg CCg gTC a-3′ | 5′-TCT CgA TgC CAA ggC ATC CAC C-3′ |
gyrB | 5′-TCG GAC GCG TAT GCG ATA TC-3′ | 5′-ACA TAC AGT TCG GAC TTG CG-3′ |
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