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Table 1 Primers and probes used in this study for PCR and RLB. Reverse primers were labeled with Biotin-tetraethyleneglycol. All probes were 5'-amino-labeled.

From: Role of sand lizards in the ecology of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in the Netherlands

Name

Sequence (5' - 3')

Type

Target

Species

Reference

5S borSeq

GAGTTCGCGGGAGAGTAGGTTATTGCC(1)

Primer

23S-5S IGS

B. burgdorferi sensu lato

[52]

23S borSeq

TCAGGGTACTTAGATGGTTCACTTCC

Primer

23S-5S IGS

B. burgdorferi sensu lato

[52]

A-borsl1

CTTTGACCATATTTTTATCTTCCA

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. burgdorferi sensu lato

[68]

A-borsl2

CTTCCATCTCTATTTAGCCAATTT

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. burgdorferi sensu lato

[52]

A-borsl3

TATTTTTATCTTCCATCTCTATTTT

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. burgdorferi sensu lato

[52]

B31-A-s. stricto

AACACCAATATTTAAAAAACATAA

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. burgdorferi sensu stricto

[68]

Ga2-garinii

AACATGAACATCTAAAAACATAAA

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. garinii

[68]

Vs46lN2afzelii

AACATTTAAAAAATAAATTCAAGG

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. afzelii

[68]

VsII62 val

CATTAAAAAAATATAAAAAATAAATTTAAGG

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. valaisiana

[68]

A-Ruski

GAATAAAACATTCAAATAATATAAAC

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. afzelii (variant ruski)

[69]

A-LusiP

CAAAAAAATGAACATTTAAAAAC

Probe

23S-5S IGS

B. lusitaniae

[58]

B-GA1b

CGGGATCCCGAGTTTGCCGGGACTTCTTCT(1)

Primer

16SrRNA

Ehrlichia/Anaplasma

[57]

16S8Fe

GGAATTCAGAGTTGGATCMTGGYTCAG

Primer

16SrRNA

Eubacteria

[70]

Ehr-all

TTATCGCTATTAGATGAGCC

Probe

16SrRNA

Anaplasma genus

[57]

A-HGE

GCTATAAAGAATAGTTAGTGG

Probe

16SrRNA

HGE agent

[57]

A-Eqph

TTGCTATAAAGAATAATTAGTGG

Probe

16SrRNA

A. phagocytophilum

[57]

A-dHGE

GCTATGAAGAATAGTTAGTG

Probe

16SrRNA

HGE agent (variant)

[57]

A-dPh

TTGCTATGAAGAATAATTAGT

Probe

16SrRNA

A. phagocytophilum variant

[52]

A-E. Schot

GCTGTAGTTTACTATGGGTA

Probe

16SrRNA

E. schotti (variant)

[57]

A-murisT

AGCTATAGGTTTGCTATTAGT

Probe

16SrRNA

E. muris T variant

[69]

A-Chaff

ACCTTTTGGTTATAAATAATTGTTA

Probe

16SrRNA

E. chaffeensis

[57]

A-can

TCTGGCTATAGGAAATTGTTA

Probe

16SrRNA

E. canis

[57]

A-Wolbach

CTACCAAGGCAATGATCTA

Probe

16SrRNA

Wolbachia

[52]

Rick-16S rev

ACTCACTCGGTATTGCTGGA(1)

Primer

16SrRNA

Rickettsia genus

[58]

Rick-16S for

AACGCTATCGGTATGCTTAACA

Primer

16SrRNA

Rickettsia genus

[58]

A-Rickall

TTTAGAAATAAAAGCTAATACCG

Probe

16SrRNA

Rickettsia genus

[58]

A-Rhelv2

GCTAATACCATATATTCTCTATG

Probe

16SrRNA

R. helvetica

[58]

A-Rconor

CTTGCTCCAGTTAGTTAGT

Probe

16SrRNA

R. conorii

[58]

A-16SRickIRS

GTATATTCTCTACGGAAAAAA

Probe

16SrRNA

Rickettsia IRS3

[58]

A-RProwaz

CGGATTAACTAGAGCTCGCT

Probe

16SrRNA

Rickettsia prowazekii

This study

A-RTyphi

CGGATTAATTAGAGCTTGCT

Probe

16SrRNA

Rickettsia typhi

This study

A-NonHelv A

AATACCGTATATTCTCTACGGA

Probe

16SrRNA

Non-Rickettsia helvetica

This study

A-NonHelv B

AATACCGTATATTCTCTGCGGA

Probe

16SrRNA

Non-Rickettsia helvetica

This study

BATH-Rn

TAAGAATTTCACCTCTGACAGTTA(1)

Primer

18SrRNA

Babesia genus

[55]

BATH-Fn

ACACAGGGAGGTAGTGACAAG

Primer

18SrRNA

Babesia genus

[55]

Catch all 2

GTAATGGTTAATAGGARCRGTT

Probe

18SrRNA

Babesia genus

[55]

Ba-div

GTTAATATTGACTAATGTCGAG

Probe

18SrRNA

B. divergens

[71]

Ba-mic 1

CCGAACGTTATTTTATTGATTT

Probe

18SrRNA

B. microti

This study

Ba-mot

GCTTGCTTTTTTGTTACTTTG

Probe

18SrRNA

B. motasi

[55]

Ba-mic 2

GRCTTGGCATCWTCTGGA

Probe

18SrRNA

B. microti

[55]

Ba-EU1

CTGCGTTATCGAGTTATTG

Probe

18SrRNA

B. EU1

This study

  1. (1) Reverse primer 5'-labeled with biotine tetraethyleneglycol