TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide primers

Target gene	GenBank accession no.	Primer	Primer sequence	Purpose
hlb	X61716	hlb-2	AGCTTCAAACTTAAATGTCA	Multiplex PCR
		hlb-527	CCGAGTACAGGTGTTTGGTA
sak	AF424783	sak-for	GTGCATCAAGTTCATTCGAC	Multiplex PCR, Northern probe
sak-rev	TAAGTTGAATCCAGGGTTTT
φ13 integrase	AF424783	φ13int-for	GCTTTGAAATCAGCCTGTAG	Multiplex PCR
φ13 attP	AF424783	attPst-for	TCTAGCTTTTGGGGTGTACATTCC	DNA standard
		attPst-rev	GCTTTGAAATCAGCCTGTAGAG
		attP-for	TTTTATTTTATATGGGGTATTATTGA	Quantitative LightCycler PCR
attP-rev	GTGTATTCTCATTTGTTAGAAGAAAA
gyrB	D10489	gyrB-219	TTATGGTGCTGGGCAAATACA	DNA standard
		gyrB-864	GTACGATTTAATACCGCCCTCATA
		gyrB-297	TTAGTGTGGGAAATTGTCGATAAT	Quantitative LightCycler PCR
gyrB-547	AGTCTTGTGACAATGCGTTTACA
recA	L25893	recA-153	AGATAATGCGCTAGGTGTAGGTGG	Northern probe
		recA-786	AGCTACTCTAAATGGTGGTGCCAC