Table 1. Primers used for cloning and qPCR.

Primer name	Sequence 5′-3′	Purpose, product size
pSAMRFFwd	CAAAGGATCTTCTTGAGATCCTGGCTTCTGTTTCTATCAGCTGTCC	Amplification of the p15A ori, 1062 bp
pSAMRFRev	CGTGAGCATCCTCTCTCGTTTCGCGGGGCATGACTAACATGAGAA
dxs156Fwd	CGCCGCACCGTCTGTGTCAT	qPCR, 156 bp
dxs156Rev	ATGGTTGTTGAGCGCGCCGA
bla136Fwd	ACACCACGATGCCTGCAGCA	qPCR, 136 bp
bla136Rev	GCCGAGCGCAGAAGTGGTCC
aph134Fwd	ACTCTGGCGCATCGGGCTTC	qPCR, 134 bp
aph134Rev	AACGTCTTGCTCTAGGCCGCG
cat110Fwd	CGGATGAGCATTCATCAGGCGGG	qPCR, 110 bp
cat110Rev	AGACCGTTCAGCTGGATATTACGGC

qPCR  =  quantitative PCR.

bp  =  base pairs.

ori  =  origin of replication.

Fwd  =  forward primer.

Rev  =  reverse primer.