Table 1.

List of primers used in the study.

Gene	Accession number	Primer	Primer Sequence	Tm (°C)
Mcf-1	BX571872	Forward	5′-TTGGCGGGGTGGTAGTCG-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-CAGTTCAGCTTCCTTCTCTAA-3′
16s rRNA	CP010445	Forward	5′-GGAAGAAGCTTGCTTCTTTGCTGAC-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-AGCCCGGGGATTTCACATCTGACTTA-3′
TccC3	FM162591	Forward	5′-CGGCAGCGGAATAAGTCAGAG-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-TCGATGGTCAAGAGGCAAACTG-3′
RpL32	CG7939	Forward	5′-GATGACCATCCGCCCAGCA-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-CGGACCGACAGCTGCTTGGC-3′
Tep1	CG18096	Forward	5′-AGTCCCATAAAGGCCGACTGA-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-CACCTGCATCAAAGCCATATTG-3′
Tep2	CG7052	Forward	5′-TGTTCTGCACCAACAGCGATAC-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-CTGGCGATCCATCAACATTCTT-3′
Tep3	CG7068	Forward	5′-TCCAAGGGTCCATGTGATGC-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-TAATCCCAACCCGTTCACCG-3′
Tep6	CG7586	Forward	5′-CGCCTTCCTGAACGAAACAA-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-GAGGCTTATCGGTCTGCACAA-3′
Defensin	CG1385	Forward	5′-CGCATAGAAGCGAGCCACATG-3′	56
		Reverse	5′-GCAGTAGCCGCCTTTGAACC-3′
Diptericin	CG10794	Forward	5′-ACCGCAGTACCCACTCAATC-3′	57
		Reverse	5′-CCCAAGTGCTGTCCATATCC-3′
Turandot-M	CG14027	Forward	5′-GGTTTGCTTCAGCGTTCCAAAAAGTCATAACC-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-ATTAAAACAATATTAACCAGTGAATAATTGAG-3′
Puckered	CG7850	Forward	5′-GGCCTACAAGCTGGTGAAAG-3′	61
		Reverse	5′-AGTTCAGATTGGGCGAGATG-3′
Eater	CG1624	Forward	5′-ATAACGATCCATCTAACCGATGTGT-3′	57
		Reverse	5′-GATTGGCAGGTTCCTCGACTAC-3′