Table 1.

Primer sequences used for virulence gene expression qRT-PCR.

GENE NAME	PRIMER SEQUENCES	AMPLICON LENGTH
16S rRNA	Forward: 5’-GGAGAAAGTGGGGGATCTTC-3’ Reverse: 5’-CCGGTGCTTATTCTGTTGGT-3’	316
rhlA	Forward: 5’-GCGCGAAAGTCTGTTGGTAT-3’ Reverse: 5’-ATTTCCACCTCGTCGTCCTT-3’	249
pqsA	Forward: 5’-ACCGCGAAGGACACACTATC-3’ Reverse: 5’-GGCAGGTAGGAACCAGAACC-3’	297