Table 1.

List of primers used in this study.

Target gene	Primers	Sequence	Product size	Reference
invA	invA-F	GTGAAATTATCGCCACGTTCGGGCAA	284	Rahn et al., 1992
	invA-R	TCATCGCACCGTCAAAGGAACC
sipB	sipB-F	GGACGCCGCCCGGGAAAAACTCTC	875	Skyberg et al., 2006
	sipB-R	ACACTCCCGTCGCCGCCTTCACAA
spiA	spiA-F	CCAGGGGTCGTTAGTGTATTGCGTGAGATG	550	Skyberg et al., 2006
	spiA-R	CGCGTAACAAAGAACCCGTAGTGATGGATT
sseC	sseC-F	ATGAATCGAATTCACAGTAA	1,455	Bhowmick et al., 2011
	sseC-R	TTAAGCGCGATAGCCAGCTA
spvB	spvB-F	CTATCAGCCCCGCACGGAGAGCAGTTTTTA	717	Tarabees et al., 2017
	spvB-R	GGAGGAGGCGGTGGCGGTGGCATCATA
spvC	spvC-F	ACTCCTTGCACAACCAAATGCGGA	571	Chaudhary et al., 2015
	spvC-R	TGTCTTCTGCATTTCGCCACCATCA
fimA	fimA-F	CCTTTCTCCATCGTCCTGAA	85	Naravaneni and Jamil, 2005
	fimA-R	TGGTGTTATCTGCCTGACCA
pefA	pefA-F	GCGCCGCTCAGCCGAACCAG	157	Tarabees et al., 2017
	pefA-R	GCAGCAGAAGCCCAGGAAACAGTG