Table 1. Oligonucleotide primers used for molecular identification and quantitative PCR in this study

Purpose Target Name Sequence (5’-3’) Forward/Reverse References
Identification 18S rRNA 18e CTGGTTGATCCTGCCAGT Forward Hillis & Dixon, 1991
18S rRNA EL-F GGATATTGTCAGAGTATGTT Forward Sekiya et al., 2016
18S rRNA mEL-R AGAAGCCAACGTATATGATTA Reverse Sekiya et al., 2016
18S rRNA ERIB10 CTTCCGCAGGTTCACCTA Reverse Barta et al., 1997
Quantitative PCR 28S rRNA EL-qF ACTCGGCTATGTGGGCAGTG Forward Sohn et al., 2021
28S rRNA EL-qR ATTGTTAATTGCTAGTCGTAAAGAGCAAG Reverse Sohn et al., 2021
PCR, polymerase chain reaction.