TABLE 2.

Oligonucleotide primers used in this study

Primera	Nucleotide sequence	Locationb (nt)
16897	5′-ATAGAGCGAGCCGAGTTGATTACA-3′	30163-30186
16901	5′-TCAAAAGTAGTAAATGGAGTAGTAAAACCG-3′	33663-33634
16912*	5′-ACGCCATGCTATTTACTTCCGGC-3′	247-269
16913*	5′-GTTCTTATTCCGCAGGTGGTGATT-3′	557-534
16924	5′-CAAAATACAAAATGGGCGTGGGAA-3′	30665-30642
16925	5′-AAAGAAGCGAGTATCCCAATGACG-3′	23936-23959
18687	5′-GTACATTATGGGACATTCCAATATCACC-3′	33526-33553
19120	5′-TCAAAAGCAAATGGAACTCG-3′	8268-8249
19125	5′-CCACAAAGCGTTGTTAGATC-3′	7994-8013
19126	5′-TTTGTCATAGCCTGCCTCTG-3′	16223-16204
19127	5′-AGACCCTAAAGACCGCCATC-3′	15676-15696
19138	5′-TTGAAACTACAGGGAAACTA-3′	23988-24007
19543	5′-AAAACTTGGTGTATGCCTCA-3′	24173-24154
19546	5′-CGGGAGAACACAACGAAAGT-3′	1269-1288
23292	5′-ACATCGACCCCAAGTTTGAAAA-3′	2555-2576
25282	5′-TCCGAAAGTAGTAAATTGGTA-3′	90-70

^aIn-house synthesis identification number. *, Primers first described by Carias et al. (6).

^bPosition in nucleotide sequence of Tn1549 (GenBank accession no. AF192329).