TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide sequences used in PCR

Oligonucleotide	ORF locationb	Sequence
ORF1-1	ORF upstream of the area encoding the SspB-binding protein (bp 139127–139147)	5′-GTA GAA GAT GGT GGA ATA ATG-3′
ORF2-1	ORF encoding the SspB-binding protein (bp 140031–140050)	5′-GGT GCT CAA TGA CAT CGC AG-3′
ORF2-2a	ORF encoding the the SspB-binding protein (bp 141143–141163)	5′-GAT TGT TAG GAT CCG GAT CCG-3′
ORF3-2a	ORF downstream of the area encoding the SspB-binding protein (bp 141963–141982)	5′-GGA TGA GGC AGA CTA TCT AC-3′

^aAntisense oligonucleotide. 

^bBase pair location from the TIGR database (http://www.tigr.org).