Table 2. Oligonucleotide primers used in the quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis

Gene	Primer	Sequence (5′ → 3′)	Reference
16s RNA	16s RNA-F	CTA CGC ATT TCA CCG CTA CA	This study
	16s RNA-R	GAG GGT CAT TGG AAA CTG GA	This study
inlA	inlA-F	GGT CTC ACA AAC AGA TCT AGA CCA AGT	Sue et al. (2004)
	inlA-R	TCA AGT ATT CCA CTC CAT CGA TAG ATT	Sue et al. (2004)
inlB	inlB-F	TGG GAG AGT AAC CCA ACC AC	This study
	inlB-R	CGT CCC TGC CTC TAC TTT TG	This study
opuC	opuC-F	CGG AAG ATC CCG TCA AAC TA	This study
	opuC-R	CGT CAT ATG TGG CAT CAA GC	This study
betL	betL-F	AAA CGA CAG GCG GAT CTT TA	This study
	betL-R	CTT GCT ATC CCT GCT TGG AG	This study
gbuB	gbuB-F	ATG ATG GCG GGT ATT AAC CA	This study
	gbuB-R	CAT TGC ACC GAT CAT TGA AG	This study
osmC	osmC-F	CTC CGT AAC CAG CAG CAA AT	This study
	osmC-R	TCT CTG CAC CAA CAG AGC TT	This study
ctc	ctc-F	CAG TTC GTG ACA ATG GTC GT	This study
	ctc-R	CCT TTA ACG GGT CCA CTT GA	This study