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Table 2 PCR Primers designed on conserved regions of TMP for subcluster mycobacteriophages

From: Phage cluster relationships identified through single gene analysis

Sub-cluster

Forward primers

Reverse primer

Product length

A1

CYGCYGGTAACTTCGGCTCG

CTGGGCYAGCGTCTTCTGC

704

A2

SCAGGGYCTGATCAACGGC

AGGAACTGCTTSCCAGTCGC

597

A3

CSTTCAACTTCAACTTCG

AAGATGAACTGCTCRCC

512

A4

GGTCACGCCGCTKATCTCC

CCGCCGAGTTCCTTCAGC

588

A5

GATCATCCCGTTCACCGTGG

CRGAGCCGAACGACGGCAGG

248

A5

SASCTCGAAGCCAAGATCCC

CRGAGCCGAACGACGGCAGG

849

A6

ACATCGCAARCGCCATCG

TTGATGCCKCCGAGGAAGC

829

B1

AAAGGTGATCGTGCCCATCG

GAACCTCGTGAACAGGTCGG

493

B3

CGGAACAARAAGAAGGGCGG

AKGGGCAYACCGCCGACGCC

205

D

CTGGGTGTAGCGGGGTCG

CCTGTTCGGCGTTCTTCTGG

301

E

CCAGTCGTCGCAGAACATCC

CTGYGCGACRTTGCGGAGG

736

F1

TGTCGGGGTATGAGGGTGC

GRCCCTGCTTCACCCCACC

303

F2

CCCCCCTGCCACTGTTCC

TTGWAKCCCCGCTTGAACC

873

G

GGCGTCGTCTGGGGATGG

GAGATTGCCGAGCCGATGC

431

H

GGCGGGTTSCTCGCVCTSC

CATCCACCGCATGAGRTTRCC

632

I1&2

CTGCGSKCCCTGCAGTTCG

GAACTCTTTSAGCGCGTCG

379

K

GGCGTGGGWGTCGATACAGC

GMCCCAGACGATTTGCGTGC

298

GGL

TATGGTGCCGACGCTTGG

GCCAACGMCAAACCGAGC

317

N

GCGATCCCGYATGTCRACGC

CGATGACGTCGTTGCGKGCC

430

  1. Primers sequences are 5′ to 3′ and the product length indicates the predicted basepair PCR product when using the primers on the indicated phage subcluster. Primers were designed using Genious software in regions of high subcluster sequence similarity with three or fewer degenerate bases.