Table 5. Primers used in this study.

Gene	Primer	Primer sequence(5’ to 3’)	Amplicon size(bp)	Reference
mecA	mecA-F mecA-R	5’-TCCAGATTACAACTTCACCAGG-3’ 5’-CCACTTCATATCTTGTAACG-3’	162	[61]
IleS1	IleS1-F Iles1-R	5’-ATTTCCCAATGCGAGGTGGT-3’ 5’-CGTGACCTGGTGCTGTATGT-3’	954	This study
	IleS2-F IleS2-R	5’-TCTGGTTCATCACACCGTGG-3’ 5’-GCACGGTTCACATCATCACG-3’	842	This study
	IleS3-F IleS3-R	5’-ACGTGATGATGTGAACCGTG-3’ 5’-TTGTTGGCATCGTGGGCATA-3’	322	This study
mupA	mupA-F mupA-R	5’-CATTGGAAGATGAAATGCATACC-3’ 5’-CGCAGTCATTATCTTCACTGAG-3’	443	[18, 71]
	mupA-up mupA-dn	5’-TATATTATGCGATGGAAGGTTGG-3’ 5’-AATAAAATCAGCTGGAAAGTGTTG-3’	457
mupB	mupB-F mupB-R	5’-CTAGAAGTCGATTTTGGAGTAG-3’ 5’-AGTGTCTAAAATGATAAGACGATC-3’	674	[18]
fusA	fusA1-F fusA1-R	5’-ACGATGGAAGATCGTTTAGC-3’ 5’-TGGTCAGCTTTAGATTTTGGC-3’	1510	This study
	fusA2-F fusA2-R	5’-AGGTACAATGACATCTGGTTC-3’ 5’-TCTCTCATGATAGTTTCTCACC-3’	1259	This study
fusB	fusB-F fusB-R	5’-ATTCAATCGGAAACCTATAATGATA-3’ 5’-TTATATATTTCCGATTTGATGCAAG-3’	292	[67]
fusC	fusC-F fusC-R	5’-TCTCGGACTTTATTACATCG-3’ 5’-TGAGAAAGAGTGATGTATCAG-3’	348	This study
fusD	fusD-F fusD-R	5’-AATTCGGTCAACGATCCC-3’ 5’-GCCATCATTGCCAGTACG-3’	465	[39]
fusE	fusE-F fusE-R	5’- TGTTGGTGGAGAAATTATCGC-3’ 5’- CCTGATAAGTTAGTACGAACACG-3’	696	This study
ermA	ermA-F ermA-R	5’-TCTAAAAAGCATGTAAAAGAA-3’ 5’-CTTCGATAGTTTATTAATATTAGT-3’	645	[66]
ermB	ermB-F ermB-R	5’-GAAAAGGATCTCAACCAAATA-3’ 5’-AGTAACGGTACTTAAATTGTTTAC-3’	639	[66]
ermC	ermC-F ermC-R	5’-TCAAAACATAATATAGATAAA-3’ 5’-GCTAATATTGTTTAAATCGTCAAT-3’	642	[66]
erm33	erm33-F erm33-R	5’-TCTGCAACGAGCTTTGGGTT-3’ 5’-TCAAAGCCTGTCGGAATTGGT-3’	239	This study
msrA	msrA-F msrA-R	5’-TCCAATCATTGCACAAAATC-3’ 5’-AATTCCCTCTATTTGGTGGT-3’	163	[4]