rbcL DNA fragment of diatoms
The diatom-specific chloroplast rbcL gene was targeted for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification using the primer pair Diat_rbcL_705F (5AACAGGTGAAGTTAAAGGTTCATAYTT3) and Diat_rbcL_808R (5TGTAACCCATAACTAAATCGATCAT3) by Stoof-Leichsenring et al. (2012).