Table 1.

Sequences of primers used in the present study.

Primer	Sequence	Position in genome#	Direction	Size (bp)
0906-1F	GAAGACATCTTTGGTGTCTCTCC	901–923	Fw	1979
0906-1R	GTCATCATCACTCTCATAATCAC	2858–2880	ReV
0906-2F	GTGATTATGAGAGTGATGATGAC	2778–2800	Fw	2017
0906-2R	CAATGGCCACTGTTAGTAGAGCC	4763–4795	ReV
0906-3F	GATGCAAATAGTGTGGATGAGG	4643–4664	Fw	2153
0906-3R	CAGGTTCCACTACTAATTGCTC	6775–6796	ReV
0906-4F	CACAGAGTGCGCATGCATTAGAG	6677–6699	Fw	2109
0906-4R	GAGTAACGTGGTGGTGTATAC	8766–8786	ReV
0906-5F	CTTGCAGCGTATGCTAGAC	8641–8659	Fw	2229
0906-5R	GAGTAACTGACTGTAAAACAG	10850–10870	ReV
0906-6F	CTTGCATCTGATGATGTTGGAG	10729–10750	Fw	2036
0906-6R	CCTTATTATCTTCAAACCAC	12746–12765	ReV
0906-7F	CTACGCCTTGAGGCATTTTGAC	12656–12677	Fw	2207
0906-7R	GCGATATAACGCTCCATAACAG	14842–14863	ReV
0906-8F	GCTAGTGGAGGTTGATGGTGAGC	14735–14757	Fw	2089
0906-8R	CATCACGCTGACGCATGACAAC	16803–16824	ReV
0906-9F	CTGCGGATTCGCAGCATGCGCTG	16729–16751	Fw	2150
0906-9R	CTACATATGAGTACCGCTTATAAC	18856–18879	ReV
0906-10F	CACAGATATCGAGCCAAATGGCC	18752–18774	Fw	1564
0906-10R	CATCTCTTACCAGTAACTTAC	20296–20316	ReV
S1Oligo3′	TGAAAACTGAACAAAAGAC	20248–20266	Fw	1719
S1Oligo5′	TTGCCCTTATGTTAGTTATG	21948–21967	ReV
0906-11F	CAGTTTGTAGTGTCTGGTGGC	21802–21822	Fw	2147
0906-11R	GTCTAGACTGTAAGTTACTATT	23928–23949	ReV
0906-12F	GTAACTGAACAATACAGACC	23767–23786	Fw	2266
0906-12R	CTTAGGCTGGGGTGAATTAAG	26002–26033	ReV

^#Based on the H120 strain genome (FJ888351).