Table 2.

Primers used in this study

Primer	Sequence(5′–3′)a
upp-upF	CGGGGTACCAGCGATGGCGTCTTATGC
upp-upR	CGCCACAGTAATCATCTCGGTTTATGAGCGAGGG
upp-downF	CCCTCGCTCATAAACCGAGATGATTACTGTGGCGAGTG
upp-downR	GCTCTAGACGATACCCATGAACATAAGAG
sigF-upF	GCTCTAGATACGGCTGAAACCCTGAA
sigF-upR	GGAAACCTGCACCTGAGAAACCTCCACATCCATAACAA
sigF-downF	TTGTTATGGATGTGGAGGTTTCTCAGGTGCAGGTTTCC
sigF-downR	TCCCCCGGGTGGGCTCTTCATTTAGGC
hasA-F	GCTCTAGAGTTTGTTGAACTAATGGGTG
hasA-R	CCGGAATTCATAATGGTCGCAGTGTCG
hasABC-F1	ACGCGTCGACTATCACCGCCCAGCCTAA
hasABC-R1	GATCTTCCAATTTATAATGGTCGCAGTGTCGGTACC
hasABC-F2	GGTACCGACACTGCGACCATTATAAATTGGAAGATC
hasABC-R2	TGATCGAAAAATCTAGACAGCTTCAACCAAGTAACA
hasABC-F3	TGTTACTTGGTTGAAGCTGTCTAGATTTTTCGATCA
hasABC-R3	TCCCCCGGGTTTGGAAAGCGAGGGAAG
hasABC-VF	AGTCGGAACGCCTATGTC
hasABC-VR	TCACTTGTCAGCGGGTCA
qRT16S-F	CGGTTTCGCTGCCCTTTGTT
qRT16S-R	TGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAG
qRTclsA-F	GCCCGATCACGCCTTTGTAT
qRTclsA-R	AATGTTCGCTGTGCCGACTG

^aRestriction sites used for cloning are underlined