Table 1.

Primers used in this study.

Primer	Purpose	Sequence (5' to 3') a,b	Product size (bp)
repA-UNI-5	universal repA PCR	GGA TGT GGT GAG TGC CAG TTC A	898
repA-UNI-3	universal repA PCR	CCG CTG YTC GGT CAT CTG C
repA-SEQ-5	repA sequencing species-specific PCR	CAG CAG GCC GAC GAC TCG	623
repA-SEQ-3	repA sequencing	ATC GGC TGC TTG CGY TCG GT
repA-636-3	species-specific PCR	GTC GAG CGC GAG CAT CGG C	636
repA-237-3	species-specific PCR	CCA CAC GCG GCG GGT GGT	237
parB-UNI-5	universal parB PCR parB sequencing	GCA GCA GGC GAT YCA CGT G	656
parB-UNI-3	universal parB PCR parB sequencing	CGT CGC GCT TST CCT TCG G

^a Standard code, Y = C or T; S = C or G

^b Mis-matched nucleotide positions in the species specific primers are underlined