Table 1. Oligonucleotide primers used in the quantitative real-time PCR analysis.

Gene	Primer	Sequence (5' → 3')	Assession No.	Reference
16s	16s RNA-F	GAG GGT CAT TGG AAA CTG GA	L37597	This study
rRNA	16s RNA-R	CAT TTC ACC GCT ACA CAT GG
icaA	icaA-F	CTG GCG CAG TCA ATA CTA TTT CGG GTG TCT	NC003923	Cue et al. (2009)
	icaA-R	GAC CTC CCA ATG TTT CTG GAA CCA ACA TCC
atl	atl-F	ATA ACC GCA CTG GTT GGG TA	AJ567417	This study
	atl-R	TTG GCA GCT GAT GTA GTT GG
clfA	clfA-F	TGC TGC ACC TAA AAC AGA CG	DQ435612.	This study
	clfA-R	TGT GTC GTT TCC TGT TGT GC
sarA	sarA-F	TCG AGC AAG ATG CAT CAA AT	NC002745	This study
	sarA-R	TGT CAG CAT AAG TGA CCA TTG A
fnbA	fnbA-F	GAA GAG CAT GGT CAA GCA CA	NC002951	This study
	fnbA-R	ACG TCA TAA TTC CCG TGA CC
rbf	rbf-F	ACG CGT TGC CAA GAT GGC ATA GTC TT	-	Cue et al. (2009)
	rbf-R	AGC CTA ATT CCG CAA ACC AAT CGC TA