Table 2.

Primers used in this study

Primers	Sequences (5′-3′)
bioR1pd-F (BamHI)	CG GGATCC ATG AAA CAC GCC CCT GAA GAG
bioR1pd-R (XhoI)	CCG CTCGAG TTA TCC GGG AAT CTC GTA AGT C
bioR2pd-F (BamHI)	CG GGATCC ATG AGC GCA GGT TCC GAA GAA
bioR2pd-R (SalI)	CCG GTCGAC TTA GCC GTG GAT GGC GAA GG
Pden1431rt-F	GGC GAC AAT GCC AGT ACC
Pden1431rt-R	AGG ATG ATC CGG TGA AAA TG
Pden1432rt-F	GCT ATC TGG CGG GCT ATC T
Pden1432rt-R	GAG GCC GAG GGC ATA GAC
Pden1433rt-F	AGCCTGCTCAGCATCAAGAC
Pden1433rt-R	GGATTGCGAGCAATAGCC
Pden2916rt-F	CTACAACCACAATATCGACACCTC
Pden2916rt-R	ATCCGGTCCTGGAAGGTC
Pden2917rt-F	CCTGGTGGTCCATGATGC
Pden2917rt-R	GGCATCGTTATGGGCAAA
Pden2918rt-F	GGCACCTGCTCTATTTGCAG
Pden2918rt-R	CGACAGCAGCGAATGGTT
Pden2919rt-F	GGGGCATGTGGTTCTATCAC
Pden2919rt-R	GCGATCTCGTCGAAAATCAG
Pden2922rt-F	TTCGGCGCCAGCCACGTCCCGGTGC
Pden2922rt-R	GTGCGGCGCGGCATGGCGCAGGG
Pden16Srt-F	AGGCCCTAGGGTTGTAAAGC
Pden16Srt-R	GGGGCTTCTTCTGCTGGTA
bioB_at probe-F	CTC TCT TGA GGA GGC AAA AAT TAT CTA TAA TTT GCC ATT TAA CGA CCT GC
bioB_at probe-R	GCA GGT CGT TAA ATG GCA AAT TAT AGA TAA TTT TTG CCT CCT CAA GAG AG
bioR1-probe-F1	GGT GCA GCA TGA ATT ATC TAT AAT TCA TGA AAC ACG
bioR1-probe-R1	CGT GTT TCA TGA ATT ATA GAT AAT TCA TGC TGC ACC
bioYB-probe1-F1	GAT TCC CGG ATA ATT ATC TAT AAA CCT AAT TGC CAG
bioYB-probe1-R1	CTG GCA ATT AGG TTT ATA GAT AAT TAT CCG GGA ATC
bioYB-probe2-F1	CAA AGC CTT CGT AAT TAT AGA TAG ACT CGA TAC CTA TC
bioYB-probe2-R1	GAT AGG TAT CGA GTC TAT CTA TAA TTA CGA AGG CTT TG
bioBFDAGC-probe-F2	GGC GCT GAC CGT TTT ATA GAT ACT TCC ACA TGA GGC
bioBFDAGC-probe-R2	GCC TCA TGT GGA AGT ATC TAT AAA ACG GTC AGC GCC

The underlined sequences in italics are restriction sites, and the bold letters denote the predicted BioR-binding sites.

¹The genetic locus of genes (bioR1 and/or bioBY) is localized on Chromosome I.

²The operon of bioBFDAGC is localized on Chromosome II.