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Table 1 Primers used for detection of antimicrobial resistant genes in Escherichia coli isolates

From: Molecular determination of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from raw meat in Addis Ababa and Bishoftu, Ethiopia

Drug type

Antimicrobial resistance genes

Primers

Sequence 5′–3′

Amplicon size (Bp)

References

Streptomycin

Adenylyl transferases (aadA1)

aadA1F

TATCCAGCTAAGCGCGAACT

447

[18]

aadA1R

ATTTGCCGACTACCTTGGTC

Gentamicin

Aminoglycoside acetyltransferases (aac(3)-IV)

aac(3)-IVF

CTTCAGGATGGCAAGTTGGT

286

aac(3)-IVR

TCATCTCGTTCTCCGCTCAT

Sulfonamide

Dihydropteroate synthase (sul1)

sul1F

TTCGGCATTCTGAATCTCAC

822

sul1R

ATGATCTAACCCTCGGTCTC

Beta-lactams

β-lactamase encoding penicillin resistance (bla SHV)

bla SHVF

TCGCCTGTGTATTATCTCCC

768

bla SHVR

CGCAGATAAATCACCACAATG

β-lactamase encoding cephalosporin resistance (bla CMY)

bla CMYF

TGGCCAGAACTGACAGGCAAA

462

bla CMYR

TTTCTCCTGAACGTGGCTGGC

Erythromycin

Erythromycin esterase (ere(A))

ere(A)F

GCCGGTGCTCATGAACTTGAG

419

ere(A)R

CGACTCTATTCGATCAGAGGC

Chloramphenicol

Acetyltransferases (catA1)

catA1F

AGTTGCTCAATGTACCTATAACC

547

catA1R

TTGTAATTCATTAAGCATTCTGCC

Transporter resistance (cmlA)

cmlAF

CCGCCACGGTGTTGTTGTTATC

698

cmlAR

CACCTTGCCTGCCCATCATTAG

Tetracycline

Efflux pump resistance (tet(A))

tet(A)F

GGTTCACTCGAACGACGTCA

577

[19]

tet(A)R

CTGTCCGACAAGTTGCATGA

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