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Table 1 Newly developed primers and probe for Rickettsia helvetica targeting a region of the gltA gene

From: Vertical transmission of Bartonella schoenbuchensis in Lipoptena cervi

Primers & probe

Oligo name

Primer and probe sequences (5′- > 3’)

Product length

forward primer

Rick_HelvgltA_F2

ATGATCCGTTTAGGTTAATAGGCTTCGGTC

123 bp

reverse primer

Rick_HelvgltA_R2

TTGTAAGAGCGGATTGTTTTCTAGCTGTC

Probe (Atto425)

Rick_HelvgltA_pr3

ATTO425-CGATC + C + ACG + TG + CCGCAGT-BHQ1 (+ = LNA)

  1. LNA = Locked Nucleic Acid, indicated by symbol ‘+’.