Table 2. Names and sequences of primers used in these studies.

Reference Number	Primer Name	Primer Sequence (5’ to 3’)
1	potD upstream F	TGG GAC TGG TCT TTC TGG TCC TCT
2	potD upstream R	CAT TAT CCA TTA AAA ATC AAC GGG CTT GCT CCT CCT TCT CAC GA
3	potD downstream F	TAC CTA TAA TTC ACC AAA AAT AAA AGA G ATA AAC GTA AGA AGA CGA ATC AG
4	potD downstream R	AACTTGTCATTCTCTTGTTCTTATGCAATTGTA
5	Kan F	CCG TTG ATT TTT AAT GGA TAA TG
6	Kan R	TTT TAT TTT TGG TGA ATT ATA GGT A
7	potD F	GCG GCA TGC GAG AGG AGA GAA A ATG AAA AAA ATC TAT TCA TTT TTA GCA GG
8	potD R	GCG CTG CAG CTA CTT CCG ATA CAT TTT AAA CTG
9	PspK F RT	CTGTGAAAGCAGAGATGGCA
10	PspK R RT	CCTCAGCAACCTTGCTCTTT
11	GyrA F RT	GCGAGCTCTTCCTGATGTTC
12	GyrA R RT	GGGTCACACCCAATTCATTC