TABLE 2.

Oligonucleotides used in this study

Primer and purpose	Sequence (5′-3′)	Description (reference)
RT-PCR
argB-F	ATATTGGTTTGGTCGGAGA	Amplification of argB cDNA (this study)
argB-R	TACAGTTCCCCATCCTTGT
16S rRNA-F	TCCTGGTGTAGCGGTGAAA	Amplification of 16S rRNA (this study)
16S rRNA-R	CCCACCTTCCTCCGAGTTA
ChIP assay
argC-F	TGCACTTCCAGGTGGT	PCR primers for ChIP detection of arg genes (14)
argC-R	AGTTACACCATACACG
argJ-F	CTTAAGCGTTGGTTTTG
argJ-R	CGGTAATGCCTTTTTCT
argB-F	TCGAACCACTGACCTGA
argB-R	CAGCGAGGACATTTGCG
argF-F	TGGTGATCACCGACGAA
argF-R	AAACCTCTGCCTGCTCT
argG-F	GCACCACTTAAAGCG
argG-R	AGAACGATGCGGTTAG
argH-F	CTCCAAGATCGCTAACA
argH-R	TCCATGTGGTGTTCTTC