Table 1.

Primers used for the construction of the OspC complementation plasmid.

Primer Name	Sequencea	Ref
ReconF+XmaI	GTGCCCGGGGATTATAAGATTTAACAC	(Battisti et al., 2008)
vtpP3’-NdeI	CTTCTTCATATGTATGTGCCTCCTTATTAACATACATTAATAGTGC	This work
OspC5’-NdeI	GCACAAACATATGAAAAAGAATACATTAAGTGC	This work
OspC3’-BamHI/NcoI	GGATCCATGGTTAAGGTTTTTTTGGACTTTCTGCCACAAC	This work
Gent5’+XmaI	ATTCGCCCGGGCCGGCAATTCCTAATCAGAAAAATGTGG	(Battisti et al., 2008)
pOKvtpF-NcoI	AACCATGGTATATATAATTTTAAATATTATTATAAG	This work
BBB12+	CTTGTCATTCCTTTACCAACCG	This work

^aBases in bold indicate nuclease restriction sites