Table 4. Oligonucleotides used for plasmid content analysis.

Primer name	Primer sequence	Predicted fragment size (bp)	Plasmid nucleotide coordinates
lp36A-Forward	5′-GGG AAA TGC TAT AAG CCT CAA GCC CAG CC-3′	2480	26244–28724
lp36A-Reverse	5′-GCT TAG CCT GCA CCA AGC TAT TGC TAA GG-3′
lp36B-Forward	5′-GCATCTCCTATAAGTATAC-3′	184	27069–27253
lp36B-Reverse	5′-TCCCTGGTAAAGTAATTCATTTATCC-3′
BBK19-Forward	5′-CTA TTG TTT GTC CAA GTC TTA ATC-3′	1196	12269–13465
BBK19-Reverse	5′-ATT GTA CGA AGT TGA ATT TTA GCA TC-3′
OspA-Forward	5′-GGG AAT AGG TCT AAT ATT AGC C-3′	770	9410–10160
OspA-Reverse	5′-TTT CAA CTG CTG ACC CCT C-3′