Maukonen et al. Fecal microbiota and immunologicaldysregulation of pediatricpatients with inflammatoryboweldisease Table S1. Primers used in the present study. Target group Short name Probe / primer Use Sequence (5’ → 3’) Reference predominant bacteria a Univ U968-f +GC PCR-DGGE CGCCCGGGGCGCGCCCCGGGCGGGGCGGGGGC [1] ACGGGGGGAACGCGAAGAACCTTA predominant bacteria a U1401-r PCR-DGGE CGGTGTGTACAAGACCC [1] predominant bacteria b 534R qPCR ATTACCGCGGCTGCTGG [2] predominant bacteria b 358F qPCR CCT ACG GGA GGC AGC AG [2] Erec-group Ccoc-f PCR-DGGE AAATGACGGTACCTGACTAA [3] Erec-group Ccoc-r + GC PCR-DGGE CGCCCGGGGCGCGCCCCGGGCGGGGCGGGGGC [4] Eubacterium rectale – Blautia Univ coccoides group c Eubacterium rectale – Blautia ACGGGGGGCTTTGAGTTTCATTCTTGCGAA coccoides group c Erec-group g-Ccoc-F qPCR AAATGACGGTACCTGACTAA [5] Erec-group g-Ccoc-R qPCR CTTTGAGTTTCATTCTTGCGAA [5] Clostridium leptum group d Clept-group Clept-933 f PCR-DGGE GCACAAGCAGTGGAGT [5] Clostridium leptum group d Clept-group Clept-1240-r GTT TTR TCA ACG GCA GTC [6] Clostridium leptum group d Clept-group Clept-1240-r+GC CGCCCGGGGCGCGCCCCGGGCGGGGCGGGGGC [7] Eubacterium rectale – Blautia coccoides group c Eubacterium rectale – Blautia coccoides group c PCR-DGGE ACGGGGGGGTTTTRTCAACGGCAGTC Maukonen et al. Fecal microbiota and immunologicaldysregulation of pediatricpatients with inflammatoryboweldisease Clostridium leptum group d Clept-group Clept-f qPCR GCACAAGCAGTCGAGT [5] Clostridium leptum group d Clept-group Clept-R3 qPCR CTTCCTCCGTTTTGTCAA [5] genus Bacteroides Bacteroides spp. Bact596f PCR-DGGE TCA GTT GTG AAA GTT TGCG [8] GCA CTT AAG CCG ACA CCT [9] CGCCCGGGGCGCGCCCCGGGCGGGGCGGGGGC [7] Bacto1080r genus Bacteroides Bacteroides spp. Bacto1080r + GC PCR-DGGE ACGGGGGGGCACTTAAGCCGACACCT genus Bacteroides Bacteroides spp g-Bfra-F qPCR ATAGCCTTTCGAAAGRAAGAT [5] genus Bacteroides Bacteroides spp g-Bfra-R qPCR CCAGTATCAACTGCAATTTTA [5] Bifidobacteria Bif Bif164-f PCR-DGGE GGGTGGTAATGCCGGATG [10] Bifidobacteria Bif Bif662-GC-r PCR-DGGE CGCCCGCCGCGCGCGGCGGGCCGGGCGGGGGC [10] ACGGGGGGCCACCGTTAGACCGGGAA Bifidobacteria Bif Bifid-f qPCR CTCCTGGAAACGGGTGG [3] Bifidobacteria Bif Bifid-r qPCR GGTGTTCTTCCCGATATCTACA [3] Maukonen et al. Fecal microbiota and immunologicaldysregulation of pediatricpatients with inflammatoryboweldisease Lactobacillus-groupe Lac Lac1 PCR-DGGE AGCAGTAGGGAATCTTCCA [8] Lactobacillus-groupe Lac Lac2GC PCR-DGGE CGCCCGCCGCGCCCCGCGCCCGGCCCGCCG [8] CCCCCGCCCCATTYCACCGCTACACATG Atopobium-groupf Ato Atopo-f qPCR GGGTTGAGAGACCGACC [5] Atopobium-groupf Ato Atopo-r qPCR CGGRGCTTCTTCTGCAGG [5] sequencing 7F seq. AGAGTTTGATYMTGGCTCAG [10] sequencing 1510R seq. TACGGYTACCTTGTTACGACTT [10] a Partial 16S rRNA gene (V6-V8 hypervariable region) b Partial 16S rRNA gene (V3-V5 hypervariable region) c Lachnospiraceae, Clostridial phylogenetic clusters XIVa [11] d Ruminococcaceae, Clostridial phylogenetic clusters IV [11] e Lactobacillus-group comprises of the genera Lactobacillus, Leuconostoc, Pediococcus, and Weissella f Atopobium-group comprises e.g. of genera Atopobium, Eggerthella, and Collinsella References (1) Nübel U, Engelen B, Felsre A, et al. 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