Table 1. List of gene-specific primer pairs used to generate mycobacterial recombinant strains.

Gene	Fwd Primer	Rv Primer
phoS1	gatacgtcgccggactgt	gtcaacgaggctagctggaa
lppX	gtgagcgcaaatgaatgatg	aattttcagatgccgtcagg
mpt83	actccgaatcactggtgtcc	gtgatctatcggcacgaagc
lprH	ctcgttgctggctcgatac	ccgtgggacacatttgagta
lprD	cacctggggtattaggcaag	ggtgcgaatcctctcgac
lprF	atggacggggctggattc	ggttcgcgcctgttatcc
lprI	accagtctgagccctgtgg	gcacgcgctaaagatattgc
lprQ	tgcatgttgtagctgcgttt	ccttgaccagatcgtcatcc
lprP	acccgaactatcacccatga	gatcggatggccttttgtt

All primers are designed to function in the Gateway system (start with GGGG-AttB1-MCS-gene specific primer).