PCR detection methods supplement 2013 Supplementary Table 2. Composition of PCR reactions. Master Mix for the real-time PCR FatA(A) Assay, 126 and 129 bp amplicons. Primer and probe sequences are shown in Table 1. Chemicals Concentration Final Concentration* µl/rxn TaqMan® Universal PCR Master Mix, No AmpErase® UNG 2x 1x 10.0 09-0-3249 (forward primer) 10 µM 300 nM 0.6 09-0-3251 (reverse primer) 10 µM 900 nM 1.8 09-QP-87 (probe) 10 µM 150 nM 0.3 Sterile water 2.3 Total volume 15.0 * Total PCR reaction is 20 µl (15 µl master mix and 5 µl genomic DNA template) Master Mix for the DP-Ø73496-4 real-time PCR Assay, 84 bp amplicon. Primer and probe sequences are shown in Table 2. Chemicals Concentration Final Concentration* µl/rxn TaqMan® Universal PCR Master Mix, No AmpErase® UNG 2x 1x 10.0 09-0-2824 (forward primer) 10 µM 600 nM 1.2 09-0-2825 (reverse primer) 10 µM 600 nM 1.2 09-QP-83 (probe) 10 µM 250 nM 0.5 Sterile water 2.1 Total volume 15.0 * Total PCR reaction is 20 µl (15 µl master mix and 5 µl genomic DNA template) Page 1 PCR detection methods supplement 2013 Master Mix for the gel-based FatA(A) PCR Assay, 135 and 138 bp amplicons. Primer and probe sequences are shown in Table 1. Chemicals Concentration Promega 2x PCR Buffer 10 x Forward primer (11-O4046) Final Concentration* µl/rxn 1x 12.5 10 µM 200 nM 0.5 Reverse primer (11-O-4253) 10 µM 200 nM 0.5 Molecular grade water 9.0 Total volume 22.50 * Total PCR reaction is 25 µl (22.50 µl master mix and 2.5 µl genomic DNA template) Master Mix for the gel-based DP-Ø73496 PCR Assay (142bp amplicon). Primer sequences are shown in Table 2. Final Concentration* Chemicals Concentration 10x PCR Buffer II 10 x 1x 2.5 MgCl2 25 mM 4 mM 4 dNTPs 10 mM 200 µM 0.5 Forward primer (10-O3514) 10 µM 400 nM 1 Reverse primer (10-O-3515) 10 µM 400 nM 1 AmpliTaq Gold® DNA polymerase 0.625 U/Rxn 0.125 5 U/µL µl/rxn Molecular grade water 13.375 Total volume 22.50 * Total PCR reaction is 25 µl (22.50 µl master mix and 2.5 µl genomic DNA template) Page 2