TABLE 2.

Primers and probes used for reverse transcriptase quantitative PCR gene expression analysis

Target gene	Primer/probe	Sequence (5′ to 3′)	Amplicon size bp
pdgX	PdgX F	GCACTCGTCAGGGTGATAAA	109
	PdgX R	GATGAGCAAGTTGGAGTGAATG
	PdgX Probe	6FAM-TGATCGTGTTCTCATTACCGGGCG-QSY
luxS	LuxS F	GAAGTGTCTGAGGCTTGGTTAG	103
	LuxS R	CCGTATAGCTTCCGCATTGATAG
	LuxS Probe	6FAM-AGGTGTACAAGATCAAGCTTCTATTCCCG-QSY
dps	Dps F	GGGCTACCACTGGAACATTA	104
	Dps R	GTTCAGCCACCTCATCTACTC
	Dps Probe	6FAM-TGCGTGTAATGCAAAGAAGTTTACGCC-QSY
hktE	HktE F	CAACAACCAGACTTTGCTGAAC	104
	HktE R	ACGAGGTTGGCTGAAGTAATC
	HktE Probe	6FAM-TCGTATCAACGGAGATGCAGCACA-3IABkFQ
omp26	Omp26 F	ACCGCACTTGCTTTAGGTATT	104
	Omp26 R	GCGATCTGGGTGATGTTGAA
	Omp26 Probe	JOE-TTGCTTCAGGCTATGCTTCCGCT-BHQ