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Table 4 In situ probes used for visualisation of Francisella spp. in aquatic animals.

From: Francisella infections in farmed and wild aquatic organisms

Fish type

Bacterial species

Probe type¤

Primers or probes (5' - 3')

Reference

Cichlids

Francisella spp.

PCR product (286bp)

FLB16S180f

gcg-gat-taa-agg-tgg-cct-ttg-c

Hsieh et al. [42]

   

FLB16S465r

cct-gca-agc-tat-taa-ctc-aca-gg

 

Tilapia

Francisella sp.*

PCR product (1113bp)

F5

cct-ttt-tga-gtt-tcg-ctc-c

Hsieh et al. [2]#

   

F11

tac-cag-ttg-gaa-acg-act-gt

 

Three-lined grunt

Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis

Antisense oligo-

Isaki-DIG-80r

ctc-gtc-agc-atc-cga-aga-cct-gtt-a

Kamaishi et al. [3]

   

Isaki-DIG-200r

ggc-agc-gca-aag-gcc-acc-ttt-aat-ccg-cag-ata-t

 

Abalone

Francisella sp.

Antisense oligo-

Megai-110r

ccg-cca-ctc-gtc-agc-aag-aag-caa-gct-tct-cct-gtt-acc-gtt-cga-ctt-gc

Kamaishi et al. [8]

   

Megai-230r

cta-acg-cag-gct-cat-cca-tct-gcg-gca-gca-caa-agg-cca-cct-tta-atc-ctc-aga-tag-tat

 
   

Megai-870r

gag-tac-tta-acg-cgt-tag-cta-cgc-cac-tag-atc-ctt-tac-acc-gaa-tcc-aac-agc-tag-tac

 
  1. ¤ all Dioxigenin marked; * Presumptively F. noatunensis subsp. orientalis.
  2. # primers originally published by Forsman et al. [64].