Table 1.

Primers Used in This Study

Primer	Sequence (5′–3′)	Target	Expected size (bp)	Reference
ERIC 1	ATGTAAGCTCCTGGGGATTCAC	ERIC sequences	Variable	Versalovic et al.27
ERIC 2	AAGTAAGTGACTGGGGTGAGC
rpoF	CAACGGTGTGGTTACTGACG	rpoB	108	Chander et al.25
rpoR	TCTACGAAGTGGCCGTTTTC
fimHF	CGCCTGGTCCTTTGCCTGCA	fimH	817	Cruz-Córdova et al.7
fimHR	CTGCACGTTGCCGGCGGTAA
mrkAF	GTTAACGGCGGCCAGGGCAGCGA	mrkA	382	Cruz-Córdova et al.7
mrkAR	AGGTGAAACGCGCGCCATCA
ecpAF	AATGGTTCACCGGGACATCATGTCC	ecpA	759	Cruz-Córdova et al.7
ecpAR	AAGGATGAAATATCGCCGACATCC
qcfaF	GATGATGGAGAAAGTGAAACCAT	Ecp	216	This work
qcfaR	CGTCTTATCACCAACACCTTAAC
qgalFF	CAAAGGCAATTCCAAAGGAG	galF	156	This work
qgalFR	GCTCGTAGGAGGTGTCGAAG
qrpoDF	TAAGGAGCAAGGCTATCTGACC	rpoD	117	Tan et al.23
qrpoDR	ACCTGAATACCCATGTCGTTG