Table 1 Primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis

Bacteria Target gene Size (bp) Primer sequence (5′-3′) Reference
Escherichia coli uidA 252 PT-2, GCGAAAACTGTGGAATTGGGPT-3, TGATGCTCCATAACTTCCTG Cebula et al. (1995)
Shigella Shigella identification gene 159 F255, TCGCATTTCTCTCCCCACCACGF413, CCGGATGTGTCTCGGGCAATC Kim et al. (2017)