Table 3.

Oligonucleotide primers used in this study

Oligonucleotides	Nucleotide sequence (5’ - 3’) †
pe.BC.PG ~ 150 bp	GTCACCCATGCGGGCCAGCAG
lscB_UpN_f	CCCAAGCTTCGATTGCAAGCTGATACACGTACC
lscB_UpN_r	TAGGCTAGCTAGAGGACTATTTTTGAG
lscA_ORF_f	CTAGCTAGCATGAGTAACATCAATTAC
lscA_ORF_r	CCCAAGCTTCGGACGTCATCCTGATCGACAC
lscB_Up_r	TAGGCTAGCAATTGATACCTTTAAATAGCTTTGGGAG
lscA_Up_f	CGGGATCCAGCAAAGCGCTGTAAAACAGG
lscA_Up_r	CTACTAGCTAGCGATGATGTCCTTTATTGGCGC
lscB_ORF_f	GCTCTAGATGTCCACTAGCAGCTCTGCTGTAA
lscB_ORF_r	CCCAAGCTTTCAGTATTACGGATACGATGAGC
lscA_gly_f	TAAGCCCGGATTTTCCGGTC
lscA_gly_r	TACTGTATGCGTGCCGCGTT
lscA_pha_f	TCACGCTGACGGCTGACCGC
lscA_pha_r	GCCTACTGTATGCGTGCCGCG
lscA_syr_f	TCACGCTGACAGCTGATCGC
lscA_syr_r	ACCAACGGTATGCGTACCGC
lscA_tom_f	ATCACCCTGACAGCCGACCG
lscA_tom_r	ACCGACAGTATGTGAACCCCGCT
lscA_f_RT	ATGAGTAACATCAATTACGCACCC
lscA_r_RT	TACTTTGGCAATTGCCGCAC
lscB_f_RT	CTCTGCTGTAAGCCAGCTCAA
lscB_r_RT	CGGGTGTGACGCAGGTGTAA
gyrA_fw	CGAAGAGCTGGAAGTGATCC
gryA_rv	GACGCTGAGCCTGATAGACC
hexR_fw	ATGGACCGCGTAAGAAAC
hexR_rv	TCAGCCTTGATCCTCGATCGG

^†Restriction sites in the primers are in italics: GAGCTC – SacI, AAGCTT - HindIII, GCTAGC - NheI, GGATCC - BamHI, TCTAGA – XbaI.