Primers used for MLST of Porphyromonas gingivalis

The primer pairs we use for the PCR amplification of internal fragments of these genes are:

Primer designation Sequence of primers (5' - 3') Target
sequence
PCR product
length (bp)
pyr1 GGC AAT GTC CCC CGA TGT CCT C gdpxJ 501
pyr2 GAT ACC CGA GAC CGA GCG AAT G
pga3 GAT CTG GCC CTG CCA ACC ACA C pga 693
pga4 TTG CCC GAT CCT CCT CCA TAA A
hagB3 CGT CGT GCA GCG GCT CCA AAA T hagB 560
hagB4 CGG CGC ACC ACG GCT ACC
coa1 ACA AGG CGT GGA CAC TCA TCA AG mcmA 562
coa2 TGC CCG TCC TGC CCC ATT TT
pgrecA1 TGG CCA CGG AGA AGA TAG AGA recA 642
pgrecA2 GAA TGT CGA TGC GGA TGG A
ftsQ1 TTG CAG CCA ATA GTT TTC TTT TC ftsQ 566
ftsQ2 TTT TTC TGC CCA ATT AGG TGT A
pepO1 ATG CCG CTG CTA AGG ACA AT pepO 642
pepO2 AGC TGC TTA CCA TAC CTA CG

 

From Koehler et al. 2003 Microbiology 149:2407-2415.