Table 1.

Primers used for RT-PCR in this study

S. no.	Primer name	Seq (5′–3′)	Gene	Product size (~bp)
1	AtlE_F	agctggtcccaaaggaaatc	AtlE	200
	AtlE_R	gcctgtgcccaataatcatc
2	AtlA_F	ggtttggaggcatcaactgt	AtlA	138
	AtlA_R	agttggttggatatacgcgg
3	Stress_F	taagccttacggtgcctttg	PnpA	200
	Stress_R	attaccaacatcgccatcgt
4	GtfB_F	gccagccaatgttcatcttt	gtfB	160
	GtfB_R	gaggcatttccccaaatgta
5	YmcA_F	gcttttgcaggaacatgaca	ymcA	188
	YmcA_R	tggctcgataatcttggaca
6	SodA39I_F	trcaycatgayaarcaccat	sodA	400
	SodA39J_R	arrtartamgcrtgytcccaracrtc
7	16S_895F	crcctggggagtrcrg	16S rRNA	200
	16S_1100R	agggttgcgctcgttg