Table 1
Forward and Reverse Primers used for real time PCR

Strains	Forward Primers (5′ – 3′)	Reverse Primers (5′ – 3′)
SBEC	GCCTACATGAAGTCGGAATCG	TACAAGGCCCGGGAACGTA
C. difficile	CAAGTTGAGCGATTTACTTCGGTAA	CTAATCAGACGCGGGTCCAT
C. perfringens	AAATGTAACAGCAGGGGCA	TGAAATTGCAGCAACTCTAGC
E. coli, general	GTTAATACCTTTGCTCATTGA	ACCAGGGTATCTAATCCTGTT
E. coli K12	GCTACAATGGCGCATACAAA	TTCATGGAGTCGAGTTGCAG