Table 1.

Primers used for sil genes detection with the corresponding annealing temperatures and the expected amplicon size

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Annealing temperature (°C)	Amplicon size (bp)
silE	aggggaaacggtctgacttc	atatccatgagcgggtcaac	52	221
silB	caaagaacagcgcgtgatta	gctcagacattgctggcata	52	233
silP	cctgggtttacagcgtcatt	atggcacctgaggtttgttc	52	175
silF	cgatatgaatgctgccagtg	attgccctgctgaataaacg	52	229
silA	cttgagcatgccaacaagaa	ctgccagtacaggaaccat	54	162
silRS	gacggcaatcgcaatcagatt	gtggaggatactgcgagagc	54	192
silCBA	cgggaaacgctgaaaaattatgaa	gtacgttcccagcaccagtt	54	189