TABLE 1.
Primers used in the study.
| Gene/sequence | Primers | Sequence(5′– 3′) |
| iucA | iuc-F | TTCCGAGTGGTAGTGGTT |
| iuc-R | GTGGCTTGAAGAGTGAGAA | |
| rmpA | rmpA-F | ATTGGTTGACAGCAGGATT |
| rmpA-R | GTTAGCCGTGGATAATGGT | |
| bla KPC | KPC-F | ATGTCACTGTATCGCCGTCT |
| KPC-R | TTTTCAGAGCCTTACTGCCC | |
| repFIB K | repFIBK_F | CTATCTGGATTACACCGAGTT |
| repFIBK__R | CCTTCTCTTCTTCCTCCTTG | |
| repFIIpKP91 | repFIIpKP91_F | GTGTCCTGGCTGTATCTG |
| repFIIpKP91_R | TGTTGTTCCGCATCAAGT | |
| Fusion site 1 | FS_1_F | TTTTCCTGAACACTGCGCCG |
| FS_1_R | GTGAAATAGAACAGGTGACC | |
| Fusion site 2 | FS_2_F | CATTTTCGGTCCCATTCTGGC |
| FS_2_R | GCTACAGGCAGTCTTCGGCG |
All primers are self-designed. However, the primers for blaKPC–2 are identical to those used in a study (Carattoli et al., 2021), which is likely a coincidence. The primers for iucA have been published by us in another study (Zhao et al., 2022).