Antibiotic Resistance Gene Primers


LCPDb-ARG (Antibiotic Resistance Genes) is a subset of LCPDb - here we present primers extracted from published papers and analysed by our pipeline.
Original article available here


Primers amplifying dfrA gene


Ranking of available primer pair(s) :

#SpecificityEfficacyTaxonomy Efficacy
10.980.540.7
20.10.130.57
30.060.120.3
400.130.57
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WPS = Wrong Product Size

BOtG = Binds Outside the Gene

This heatmap shows if given primer pair (#) amplifies investigated gene variants from the pool of taxa in which all variants of particular gene were identified. (green = amplification, red = no amplification)

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Achromobacter
Acinetobacter
Aeromonas
Bacteroides
Campylobacter
Citrobacter
Comamonas
Corynebacterium
Cronobacter
Enterobacter
Enterobacteriaceae
Escherichia
Klebsiella
Kluyvera
Laribacter
Morganella
Pantoea
Phytobacter
Proteus
Pseudomonas
Raoultella
Salmonella
Serratia
Shewanella
Shigella
Staphylococcus
Stenotrophomonas
Vibrio
bacterium
uncultured
Product Length:

471 bp


Forward Primer Name:

dfrA_F_(5)-461


Forward Primer Sequence (5' - 3'):

AAAATTTCATTGATTTCTGCA


Primer LengthPrimer GC%Primer Melting Temp.
21 bp24.00%42.64°C

Reverse Primer Name:

dfrA_R_(5)-461


Reverse Primer Sequence (5' - 3'):

TTAGCCTTTTTTCCAAATCT


Primer LengthPrimer GC%Primer Melting Temp.
20 bp30.00%43.58°C
Specificity 98.00%

Efficacy 54.00%