TABLE 1.

PCR Primers used in this study

Primer	Sequence	Reference
Hfq M F1	5′-ACATGCATGCCTCCTGAACGATCTTGAGCAGGA-3′	This study
Hfq M R1	5′-GGGGTACCCAGGTACCTTTTCCTTGCGC-3′	This study
Hfq M F2	5′-GGGGTACCCAGTTGTTCCTTCTCGAATGGTC-3′	This study
Hfq M R2	5′-CGCGGATCCCAAGGTTGCAAACAATTGATCAGC-3′	This study
Hfq ORF Fb,c	5′-GGGGTACCCTCCTGAACGATCTTGAGCAG-3′	This study
Hfq ORF F2a	5′-CATCAGTAGCCTGATTCTAGATGTC-3′	This study
Hfq ORF Ra,c	5′-AAACTGCAGCACCGCCTTGTGGACGTT-3′	This study
RT F2b	5′-TCAGTGTTCCTGGTCAATGGT-3′	This study
RT R1b	5′-GTCTGCCACAGTTCCTTCT-3′	This study
RT R2b	5′-CCGTTTTCATCTACAGACTC-3′	This study
csrA unia	5′-TTGATTTTGACTCGGCGTATAG-3′	10
csrA reva	5′-GATTCTTTTTCTTGTTGTATGCGTA-3′	10
fliA U3a	5′-TTAGCTGTACTCTGTTTG-3′	17
fliA R5a	5′-TTTATTCCGGTAATCTTGATC-3′	17
flaA unia	5′-GTAATCAACACTAATGTGGC-3′	17
flaA reva	5′-GTTGCAGAATTTGGTTTTTGGTC-3′	17
rpoS Fa	5′-AAAACGTCTTGCGATAACCTG-3′	4
rpoS Ra	5′-CCAAGCGAGGATTCCGTTTTTC-3′	4
Fur Luc F	5′-CGCGGATCCCCAGGTTACCTTTGCCTCG-3′	This study
Fur Luc R	5′-CCCAAGCTTCTGTAACGAATTTCGAGC-3′	This study
Fur N Fa	5′-CACATTACCTCGTATCAAGG-3′	This study
Fur N Ra	5′-GTCATGATGTTCGCCTTGAG-3′	This study

^aUsed for single-stranded DNA probe synthesis.

^bUsed for reverse transcription-PCR.

^cUsed for complementation.