Table 5.

Primers used for the construction of complementation plasmids for ΔesrA::km, ΔesrB::km, and ΔesrC in this study

Gene	Primer	Sequencea
esrA	5′	5′-ATTTAATTTCTAGAATGCAGGTGATGCCG GAAA-3′
	3′	5′-TTTAATTCTCGAGGCTGGAGGTTTAATCCGCCT-3′
esrB	5′	5′-ATTTAATTTCTAGACGATGCATTCCACAA ATCCA-3′
	3′	5′-ATTTAATTCTCGAGATACGCTAAAGGGGTT GGCC-3′
esrC	5′	5′-TTTAATTTCTAGAATCGACTGCCTCAAT GACGC-3′
	3′	5′-TTTAATTCTCGAGACCGTGACCATGTTTAGGCG-3′

^aUnderlined sequences are linkers incorporated into the primers used for cloning.