TABLE 2.

Genes amplified and primers used for qRT-PCR

Gene (GenBank accession no.)	Primer	Sequence	Length of PCR product (bp)
lodAB (AY968053)	LODADIR1	5′-TGGAGTTTACAGAACCCCGTGA-3′	101
	LODAREV1	5′-TCACGTTCAGGTGTAAGCCCA-3′
ppoA (AF184209)	PPOADIR1	5′-TAGTTGGCCCAACCTTGAAGC-3′	105
	PPOAREV1	5′-CAGAGCACAAAAAGTTTGGCG-3′
ppoB (AY052787)	PPOBDIR1	5′-AATAATCCGGCTCTCAACCCC-3′	108
	PPOBREV1	5′-TTCCTTCATCCATAGCCCTGG-3′
16S rRNA (NR_024908)	16SRNADIR1	5′-CTCCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCT-3′	103
	16SRNAREV1	5′-GCAATCAACTCCCATGGTGTG-3′