TABLE 1.

Probes and primers designed in this study

Name	Target	Type	Nucleotide sequence (5′-3′)
P1-tail931f	Tail fiber gene of phage P1	Primer	AACGACCCGAATTACAGCAC
P1-tail1148r	Tail fiber gene of phage P1	Primer	AGTGCTGCTGCAAGCTCATA
T4-tail2770f	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Primer	AGCACAAATGGTGAGCACAG
T4-tail2983r	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Primer	TTGCTACCGTGTGGGTATGA
T4-tail2664	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Probe	GGCTTCAAGTACTGACTTAGGTACTAAAACCACATCAAGCTTTGACTATGGTACG
T4-tail2720	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Probe	AAGGGAACTAACAGTACGGGTGGACACACTCACTCTGGTAGTGGTTCTA
T4-tail2769	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Probe	TAGCACAAATGGTGAGCACAGCCACTACATCGAGGCATGGAATGG
T4-tail2818	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Probe	GGTGTAGGTGGTAATAAGATGTCATCATATGCCATATCATACAGGGCGGG
T4-tail2869	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Probe	GGGAGTAACACTAATGCAGCAGGGAACCACAGTCACACTTTCTCTTTTGGG
T4-tail2922	Tail fiber gene of phage T4	Probe	TAGCAGTGCTGGCGACCATTCCCACTCTGTAGGTATTGGTGCTCATA