Table 1.

List of E. faecium primers used in the study.

Housekeeping genes	Primer sequences (5′-3′)
adk	Forward GAACCTCATTTTAATGGGG Reverse TGATGTTGATAGCCAGACG
atpA	Forward CGG TTC ATA CGG AAT GGC ACA Reverse AAG TTC ACG ATA AGC CAC GG
ddl	Forward GAG ACA TTG AAT ATG CCT TAT G Reverse AAA AAG AAA TCG CAC CG
gyd	Forward CAA ACT GCT TAG CTC CAA GG C Reverse CAT TTC GTT GTC ATA CCA AGC
gdh	Forward GGC GCA CTA AAA GAT ATG GT Reverse CCA AGA TTG GGC AAC TTC GTC CCA
purK	Forward CAGATTGGCACATTGAAAG Reverse TTCATTCACATATAGCCCG
pstS	Forward TTG AGC CAA GTC GAA GCT GGA Reverse CGT GAT CAC GTT CTA CTT CC

Adk: adenylate kinase; atpA: ATP synthase, alpha subunit; ddl: D-alanine: D-alanine ligase; gyd: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; gdh: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; purK: phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase ATPase subunit; pstS: phosphate ATP-binding cassette transporter.