Table 1. Primer sequences used in this study.

Primer	Sequence (5′-3′)	Gene	Amplicon size (bp)
P1U	ATCTGCATGGCCCACACGGTC	SMP integrase	823
P1L	CAAACGGACCTCTATCGCCTC
P2U	TCGTCGTCTTCGGTTAGG	SMP repressor	647
P2L	TTGAGGTTTGGGTCTGTC
P3U	TAGCGGTGCTGGTGGTCATAC	SMP lyase	817
P3L	TCCACCCTCGCAAGCTGGTCT
P4U	TGCAGGCAAAGTACGTTTCCA	SMP major tail protein	248
P4L	CTTCATGTTGTCGCTTGCTAC
P5U	TGATGAAGCTGGTCTACTTGG	SMP head protein	456
P5L	TCCATTGTGGCACGGATAGCA
Lys-Gspa	TCGGAGCGTCAAGCCGTCTGAAAGC
Lys-Gspb	GCAGAAAATGGATCATTGGACAAGT
Lys-Gspc	CAAAATCGAAGTAACCATTGAGGGG
Int-Gspa	AGCCACATCTTCCGCCATACCCTTG
Int-Gspb	TCTAGCAGAGAACAGAGTTCCCTTG
Int-Gspc	ACCCAAATTTACACCCATGTCACAA