Table 2. Primer pairs used for MLST

Housekeeping gene Size (bp) Primer sequence Reference
arc 456 F 5'- TTGATTCACCAGCGCGTATTGTC -3'R 5'- AGGTATCTGCTTCAATCAGCG -3' Enright et al. (2000)
aroE 456 F 5'- ATCGGAAATCCTATTTCACATTC -3'R 5'- GGTGTTGTATTAATAACGATATC -3'
glpF 465 F 5'- CTAGGAACTGCAATCTTAATCC -3'R 5'- TGGTAAAATCGCATGTCCAATTC -3'
gmk 429 F 5'- ATCGTTTTATCGGGACCATC -3'R 5'- TCATTAACTACAACGTAATCGTA -3'
pta 474 F 5'- GTTAAAATCGTATTACCTGAAGG -3'R 5'- GACCCTTTTGTTGAAAAGCTTAA -3'
tpi 402 F 5'- TCGTTCATTCTGAACGTCGTGAA -3'R 5'- TTTGCACCTTCTAACAATTGTAC -3'
yqiL 516 F 5'- CAGCATACAGGACACCTATTGGC -3'R 5'- CGTTGAGGAATCGATACTGGAAC -3'
MLST, multilocus sequence typing.