Table 1. Primers used in this study.

Primers	Primer sequences (5′→3′)
Ec glmM1	GCCCATGGTGATGAGTAATCGTAAATATTTCG (underlined is NcoI site)
Ec glmM2	TTGGATCCTTAATGATGATGATGATGATGAACGGCTTTTACTGCATCGGCG (underlined is BamHI site)
Msm glmM1	TTCATATGGCTCGACTGTTCGGCAC (underlined is NdeI site)
Msm glmM2	CCGAATTCTATCCCTGCAGACTCAC (underlined is EcoRI site)
Mtb glmM1	GGCGCATATGGGTCGACTGTTTGGCAC (underlined is NdeI site)
Mtb glmM2	TAATGGATCCTCAGCGCGCGGTGCTCACCG (underlined is BamHI site)
Msm glmM3	GACTAGTGGTGTCCTCGAAGACGTGCCCATCGG (underlined is SpeI site)
Msm glmM4	TGCGGCCGCCTATCCCTGCAGACTCACGGATTC (underlined is NotI site)
Msm glmM5	ACTGGGCACCGCAGGTGTC
Msm glmM6	GTTCGGCGACTATCCCTGC