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Table 1 Primers used for amplifying Phytoplasma genes

From: Population genetic analysis reveals a low level of genetic diversity of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ causing witches’ broom disease in lime

Gene

Primer name

5′-3′ Sequence

Product size (bp)

References

16S rRNA

P1

AAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGGATT

1784

Deng and Hiruki (1991)

 

P7

CGTCCTTCATCGGCTCTT

  
 

R16R2

GAAACGACTGCTAAGACTGG

~1248

Gundersen and Lee (1996)

 

R16F2n

TGACGGGTGTGTACAAACCCCG

  

SecA

SecAfor1

GARATGAAAACTGGRGAAGG

482a

Hodgetts et al. (2008)

 

SecAfor2

GAYGARGSWAGAACKCCT

  
 

SecArev3

GTTTTRGCAGTTCCTGTCATNCC

  

imp

ImpF

ATGAATCACAAAGAAATTTTTTAC

519

Siampour et al. (2012)

 

ImpR

TTATGATAATTTTAAATCTG

  
  1. aUsing SecAfor2/SecArev3 primer combinations in a semi-nested PCR (Hodgetts et al. 2008)