Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and enterotoxin gene profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from mobile phones of the food vendors in Phayao province, Thailand

Table 1 PCR primers used in this study

Gene	Primer	Oligonucleotide sequence (5'-3')	Annealing temperature (^oC)	Amplicon size (bp)	References
femA	femA-F	TACGCAGCATATACCGCACT	54	300	[10]
	femA-R	CCATTACTGGACCACGATTC
mecA	mecA-1	AAAATCGATGGTAAAGGTTGGC	51	533	[15]
	mecA-2	AGTTCTGCAGTACCGGATTTGC
mecC	mecC-1	GCTCCTAATGCTAATGCA	51	304	[16]
	mecC-2	TAAGCAATAATGACTACC
sea	sea-1	ACGATCAATTTTTACAGC	44.5	544	[13]
	sea-2	TGCATGTTTTCAGAGTTAATC
seb	seb-1	ATTCTATTAAGGACACTAAGTTAGGGGA	44.5	404	[13]
	seb-2	ATCCCGTTTCATAAGGCGAGT
sec	sec-1	GACATAAAAGCTAGGAATTT	44.5	257	[13]
	sec-2	AAATCGGATTAACATTATCCA
sed	sed-1	CAAATATATTGATATAATGA	44.5	330	[13]
	sed-2	AGTAAAAAAGAGTAATGCAA
sej	sej-F	CACCAGAACTGTTGTTCTGCTAG	55	114	[14]
	sej-R	CTGAATTTTACCATCAAAGGTAC
ser	ser-F	TCCCATTCCTTATTTAGAATACA	52	440	[14]
	ser-R	GGATATTCCAAACACATCTGAC
sem	sem-F	AGTTTGTGTAAGAAGTCAAGTGTAGA	52	178	[14]
	sem-R	ATCTTTAAATTCAGCAGATATTCCATCTAA
sel	sei-F	TGGACATAACGGCACTAAAA	52	145	[14]
	sei-R	TTGGTARCCCATCATCTCCT
seq	seq-F	ATACCTATTAATCTCTGGGTCAATG	52	222	[14]
	seq-R	AATGGAAAGTAATTTTTCCTTTG

ISSN: 1476-0711