Table 2.

Polymerase Chain Reaction Primers for Upstream and/or Downstream Regions of tstH and selx

Primer	Sequence	Size, bp
SAPI1 forward	GTAGGTTCAGGTTTTCATTCTTC	2054
SAPI1 reverse	CCGTCATTCATTGTTATTTTCC
SAPI2 forward	ATTTTACATCATTCCTGGCAT	3500
SAPI2 reverse	CCGTCATTCATTGTTATTTTCC
SAPIn1 forward	CGCCTGGTGCAGGCATC	3500
SAPIn1 reverse	CCGTCATTCATTGTTATTTTCC
Upstream selx forward	CGCTATTTGCTCATCAAAATTGAG	1487
Upstream selx reverse	GACTCTAATGTATATTTACCGCCATC
Downstream selx forward	CGGTAAATATACATTAGAGTCGCATAAAG	1085
Downstream selx reverse	CGCTGACATTGATAACACTGC

Abbreviation: SAPI1, Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity island 1.