Table 2.

Oligonucleotide primers used in this study.

Oligonucleotide primer	Nucleotide sequence (5′–3′)*
mucD_fwd	CGAATTTCTCGAGCGCAGCATGC
mucD_revT7	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGGGAGCGGGTAAATATCTGCG
cmaA_fwd	TTTGAGTCGGTCTGCACGCA
cmaA_revT7	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGGCTGTACGTTGTCTACTAG
cfl_fwd	ATGAGTCTGATTTCTGAGTTCCGCA
cfl_revT7	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGTAGTTATTCCTGTGGTGC
corR_fwd	ATGCCGAGCTCTTCGATCTTGC
corR_revT7	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGAGTATCGCCTGGACATGG
corS_fwd	AATACGGCGCGCTGTCAGTT
corS_revT7	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGAATGGATGGCCTAATAGGCG
corP_fwd	ATCACGCCTTGTTCCGTT
corP_revT7	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGTCATTTGCAAATCGAGCAAGATGAGATCG
23SrRNA_fwd#1	ACGTGGACCAGCCCTTAAGTTGTATTG
23SrRNA_revT7#1	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGCCCCCATATTCAGACAAG
23SrRNA_fwd#2	CTTGAGTTCCCTGAAGGGCCGTCGAAG
23SrRNA_revT7#2	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGTGGTCAAGCCTCACGGGC
lsc_fwd	GTCAGTGCGGACTTTCCGGTCATG
lsc_revT7	TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGGATCGCGAAAGTTCCAGCTC

^* T7 RNA polymerase promoter sequences incorporated in primers are shown in italics.