TABLE 2.

Primers used

Primer	Sequence	Use
IDT93	5′-TAA CCA GAA TCA TGA CCG TTT G-3′	For PCR amplification of hepA (IDT93 and -94)
IDT94	5′-CAC CAC AAC CTT ATC TGC TTT G-3′
IDT145	5′-ATT ATA CTT CTG GCG ACC CTG A-3′	To clone an internal fragment of alr2833 (IDT145 and -146)
IDT146	5′-ACT GTT TCA TCC GTG GAG AAC T-3′
IDT249	5′-AAT ATA CAG GTG ATT CGA CAA AGG-3′	P3 for alr2825
IDT250	5′-TAA ATC TCC GCC TTG TTG TTG AAT-3′	P4 for alr2825
IDT251	5′-TTG GAA ACT TGC AGG CAA ACA CGC-3′	P3 for alr2827
IDT252	5′-TAA CCA TCC AAT GGC TAG CAC CAA-3′	P4 for alr2827
IDT253	5′-GAA TTT TAT ACC CCA GGA TAT GAA-3′	P3 for alr2831
IDT254	5′-TCT TTG CGT TGG TTG TCA CTA ACA-3′	P4 for alr2831
IDT255	5′-AAA TAC TAT TAT TTA CTA GCG CGC-3′	P3 for alr2832
IDT256	5′-AAT AAA TGA ATG TTG AGT AAT CAG-3′	P4 for alr2832
IDT259	5′-ATA ACT TCG TAT AGC ATA CAT T-3′	P1 for alr2827, alr2832, alr2837, and alr2840; P2 for alr2825, alr2833, alr2839, and alr2841
IDT260	5′-GAT CTT ATT TCA TTA TGG TGA-3′	P2 for alr2827, alr2832, alr2837, and alr2840; P1 for alr2825, alr2833, alr2839, and alr2841
IDT271	5′-GGC GTT GGC GGT TGC AGA CC-3′	For PCR amplification of rnpB (IDT271 and -272)
IDT272	5′-AGT TGG TGG TAA GCC GGG TTC-3′
IDT295	5′-GAA AGA GAA AGA TTA CAA GCC-3′	P3 for alr2833
IDT296	5′-TTG AGA ATT ATT TGC TGA ATA-3′	P4 for alr2833
IDT297	5′-ATC GAC GCA CAA AAT ATT ATC-3′	P3 for alr2837
IDT298	5′-AGC AAT TTT CCA AAT CCT CAG-3′	P4 for alr2837
IDT299	5′-ATG GTA AAA GTT CCT TGA TGG-3′	P3 for alr2839
IDT300	5′-TTT CAA TTT GCG CTA ACC AAT-3′	P4 for alr2839
IDT301	5′-TTA CTG CTA GTT CCA CAG GTG-3′	P3 for alr2840
IDT302	5′-AAA TAG ATA AAA AGC AAA GGT-3′	P4 for alr2840
IDT303	5′-GCA GCG ATT TGA TGA AGA CCA-3′	P3 for alr2841
IDT304	5′-TGA TTG GAC TCG GCT TGT TAG-3′	P4 for alr2841
IDT347	5′-GGC AAC CTC ATG TCC TCA TC-3′	P1 for alr2831
IDT348	5′-GCC GCA TAC GAT TTA GGT GA-3′	P2 for alr2831
IDT384	5′-CGC ACA CAT CTT TTT ATT CAG C-3′	Sequencing primer to test plasmid recovered from Anabaena sp.::pRL2815
IDT390	5′-AAT GAT TGG CGC TGG TTT TA-3′	To amplify an internal fragment of alr2831 by PCR (IDT390 and -391)
IDT391	5′-TCA CGT TTG AGA CGA CAT CC-3′
IDT392	5′-GGC AGA ACG GGT ATT TGA A-3′	To amplify an internal fragment of alr2832 by PCR (IDT392 and -393)
IDT393	5′-AAA GAA AAC TGG CTC AGA AAA A-3′
IDT394	5′-CCT GAT GAC TGC AAG AAC CA-3′	To amplify an internal fragment of alr2833 by PCR (IDT394 and -395)
IDT395	5′-GGC TGT AGC TTG AGC GAT TT-3′
IDT396	5′-TGA CAA GCG TAA TAG TTC CAA A-3′	To amplify an internal fragment of alr2834 by PCR (IDT396 and -397)
IDT397	5′-TTT TGT AGG CTT GCG TTC CT-3′