Table 1– Primers and probes used in this study
PrimersSequenceNucleotide positionTargetGATC-site positionAmplification conditions
Inverse PCR
 TTMV-LY-9F5'-GACCACAAACCGTCACTTAGTTCC-3'42–65BetatorquevirusNA95°C for 1 min
40 cycles: 95°C for 30 s
54°C for 1 min
72°C for 3 min
72°C for 10 min
 TTMV-LY-8R5'-GCAATTTAAATTAGGTGGTTTTCCTG-3'40–15
 TTMV-LY-11F5'-CTAGRTCAGTCTGGCGGAACGG-3'288–309BetatorquevirusNA
 TTMV-LY-10R5'-CCCCTTGACTACGGTGGTTTCAC-3'278–256
Real-time PCR
 TTMV-LY-F5'-ATTCGAATGGCTGAGTTTATGC-3'170–191Betatorquevirus210, 579, 267495°C for 3 min
35 cycles: 95°C for 10 s
54°C for 30 s
72°C for 34 s
 TTMV-LY-R5'-CCTTGACTACGGTGGTTTCAC-3'276–256
 TTMV-LY-P5'-CCAGACGGAGACCGGATCACTTCA-3' (FAM-BHQ1)194–217
 TTMV-LY-2F5'-CACGAATTAGCCAAGACTGGGCAC-3'2398–2421#TTMV-LY2512, 1382,
2456, 2732,
2746#
 TTMV-LY-2R5'-TGCAGGCATTCGAGGGCTTGTT-3'2494–2473#
 TTMV-LY-2P5'-ACAGAGCCAGATCGACAGCAACTGCT-3' (FAM-BHQ1)2445–2470#
  • Nucleotide position and GATC-sites are indicated based on TGP96 (AB041962) sequence. TTMV-LY: torque teno mini virus isolates; NA: not applicable; F: forward; R: reverse; P: probe. #: nucleotide positions are based on TTMV-LY2 sequence.