Table 2.

Primers used to amplify genes to determine STs by multilocus sequence typing (MLST).

Gene	Sequence 5'-3'	Amplified size (bp)
cpn60	F: TCG TCG GCA GCG TCA GAT GTG TAT AAG AGA CAG ACT GTA CTT GCT CAA GC R: GTC TCG TGG GCT CGG AGA TGT GTA TAA GAG ACA GTT CAG CGA TGA TAA GAA GTG G	480	Diancourt et al. (2010)
fusA	F: TCG TCG GCA GCG TCA GAT GTG TAT AAG AGA CAG ACA ATT ACC TCT GCT GCA ACA R: GTC TCG TGG GCT CGG AGA TGT GTA TAA GAG ACA TCA TCG CAG GTT TAC GTG CT	633	This study
gltA	F: TCG TCG GCA GCG TCA GAT GTG TAT AAG AGA CAG AGA TGT ATT GGC CTC AGG TCA CTT R: GTC TCG TGG GCT CGG AGA TGT GTA TAA GAG ACG GGT TTA CTT TGT AGT CAC GGT CTG	545	Diancourt et al. (2010)
pyrG	F: TCG TCG GCA GCG TCA GTA GTG TAT AAG AGA CAG GGT GTT GTT TCA TCA CTA GGW AAA GG R: GTC TCG TGG GCT CGG AGA TGT GTA TAA GAG ACA GAT AAA TGG TAA AGA YTC GAT RTC ACC	434	Diancourt et al. (2010)
recA	F: TCG TCG GCA GCG TCA GAT GTG TAT AAG AGA CAG CCT GAA TCT TCY GGT AAA AC R: GTC TCG TGG GCT CGG AGA TGT GTA TAA GAG ACA GGT TTC TGG GCT GCC AAA CAT TAC	425	Diancourt et al. (2010)
rplB	F: TCG TCG GCA GCG TCA GAT GTG TAT AAG AGA CAG GTA GAG CGT ATT GAA TAC GAT CCT AAC C R: GTC TCG TGG GCT CGG AGA TGT GTA TAA GAG ACA GCA CCA CCA CCR TGY GGG TGA TC	472	Diancourt et al. (2010)
rpoB	F: TCG TCG GCA GCG TCA GAT GTG TAT AAG AGA CAG GGC TTC TGA AGT ACG TGA CGT R: GTC TCG TGG GCT CGG AGA TGT GTA TAA GAG ACG TCA CGT GCA ACG TTC GCT T	502	Diancourt et al. (2010)

Citrate synthase (gltA); DNA gyrase subunit B (gyrB); glucose dehydrogenase B (gdhB); homologous recombination factor (recA); 60-kDa chaperonin (cpn60); glucose-6 phosphate isomerase (gpi); and RNA polymerase sigma factor (rpoD).