Table 1. qRT-PCR primer sets used in this study.

Gene	Forward Primer (5′-3′)	Reverse Primer (5′-3′)	Amplicon size (bp)	Efficiency (%)	Correlation coefficient (R2)
16S rRNA	ACACATGCAAGTCGAACGAG	CGTCCGTTTCCAGACGTTAT	100	86	0.996
gapB	CTTCGTGCTGAACAAGCTGA	AGGTCCTTGTGGTTGGTGTC	102	109.1	0.997
glyA	GGAGATCGCCAAGAAGATCA	GCTCTTGGCGTAGGTCTTGA	133	104	0.998
gyrA	TCACCGACGAAGAGTTGATG	CTCTTCGATCTCGGTCTTGG	143	98.4	0.999
proC	CAAAACCATCGCCTCCTTC	AATCGCACAGCGACTTCTG	149	106.6	0.988
pykA	GACCTTTACCGCACGATGAT	TGGTGGTGTAGGTGACGATG	130	101	0.996
recA	GTCGAACTGCCTGGTGATCT	GACGGAGGCGTAGAACTTCA	112	95.2	0.997
recF	GCTGTTCGACGAGATCCTG	CTCGATGTGGAAGCGTTTG	106	109.1	0.996
rpoD	CGTCACCTATGACGAGCTGA	CTCTTCCGATTCGACGATGT	118	102.2	0.998
tpiA	GGTCCTCTACGGCGGTTC	AGAAATCGTCCGCCTTCAG	110	96.8	0.999