Table 2.

Primers used for strain and plasmid construction in this study.

Primer	Sequences (5′→3′)
waaF-up-F	ATCGCATGCTGCCACAAGCTGATTCACAGA
waaF-up-R	ACCGTTTATCAATTCCTTGCAGCAAGTTATT
waaF-down-F	AATAACTTGCTGCAAGGAATTGATAAACGGTTGCATGTATTGATCGTTAAAA
waaF-down-R	ATTCAGAGCTCCTGCGCAATAGCATAATCGCC
p-waaF-F	ATGCGTCGACATGAAAATACTGGTAATCG
p-waaF-R	CCCAAGCTTTTAATCGCCCTCTTTCACA
rcsF-up-F	ACTGCATGCAAATCATTGGAAGAACTGCAAC
rcsF-down-R	ACTGCGAGCTCCTTTGCGGTAGGCTGGGCGTG
rcsC-up-F	ACTGCATGCCTCAATGGCGACGATCGGGTTA
rcsC-down-R	ACTGCGAGCTCCAGATTTAGCCATAATAGTAC
rcsB-up-F	ACTGCATGCAGAAGTGCGTTCTATAATCACA
rcsB-down-R	ACTGCGAGCTCATCTGGATGAGAATGCAGATC

Restriction sites are underlined.