Table 2

Oligonucleotide primers used for the genetic study of Staphylococcus isolates from celiac disease (CD) patients

Target*PrimerPrimer sequence (5′–3′)Product size (bp)Reference
Staphylococcus spp. (i)J-StGenTGGCCAAAAGAGACTATTATGA20
S. aureus (i)J-StAurGGATCTCTTTGTCTGCCG33720
S. epidermidis (i)J-StEpiCCACCAAAGCCTTGACTT24920
Staphylococcus spp. (ii)SA-(F)GCCAAAAGAGACTATTATGA88321
SA-(R)ATTGYTTACCYGTTTGTGTACC
16SrDNA (iii)U968 (F)AACGCGAAGAACCTTAC43022
L1401 (R)CGGTGTGTACAAGACCC
Fbe gene (iv)Fbe-(F)TAAACACCGACGATAATAACCAAA47220
Fbe-(R)GGTCTAGCCTTATTTTCATATTCA
atlE gene (iv)atlE-(F)CAACTGCTCAACCGAGAACA68220
atlE-(R)TTTGTAGATGTTGTGCCCCA
icaD gene (iv)icaD-(F)CAGACAGAGGCAATATCCAAC22520
icaD-(R)ACAAACAAACTCATCCATCCG
agrA gene (v)agrA-(F)CAACAACGAAACATGGTGCT92323
agrA-(R)TGTCATCGAAAATGGTTACTTTG
sarA gene (v)sarA-(F)TGGTCACTTATGCTGACAGATT31323
sarA-(R)TTTGCTTCTGTGATACGGTTG
mecA gene (vi)mecA-(F)GTAGAAATGACTGAACGTCCGATAA31023
mecA-(R)CCAATTCCACATTGTTTCGGTCTAA
  • * Primers used in simplex and multiplex PCR used for the identification of Staphylococcus-like spp. (i, ii and iii); and for the determination of S epidermidis virulent factors (iv, v, and vi).