TABLE 2.

PCR primers used in this work

Primer	Sequence	Sourcea
MON-F	CGC AAT GTC TGG GTC GGC AA	tftD, hadA
MON-R	CAC GCG GCC GAT CTT CAC	tftD, hadA
HQ-F	ACC GCC ACC GGC CAC AAG TG	hadC
HQ-R	AGC GAT TCG CGC ACG CCG AAC ACA G	hadC
MAR-F	AAA TGA CGC CGA TCT ATG G	macA, tftE, tfdFI, tfdFII
MAR-R	AGC ACA TGG CAG AGC TTG TG	macA, tftE, tfdFI, tfdFII

^atft genes from B. cepacia AC1100 (10); had genes from R. pickettii DTP0602 (28); macA from R. eutropha 335 (GenBank AF130250); tfd genes from R. eutropha JMP134(pJP4) plasmid. GenBank accession numbers: tftD and tftE, U83405; hadA and hadC, D86544; tfdF_II, U16782; tfdF_I, M35097.