Gene Forward Primer Reverse Primer Reference 16S CGGGGAGGAAGGTGTTGTG GAGCCCGGGGATTTCACATC [25] floR CCACAATTTGGCTGTGATGGCTCA TGGTCGTGTTATTAGCGGCCAGAT [26] hilA CGCTGGCAGAATGCTACCTC AGCCCCAGTAATCCTAAAGCTTG This study sopB CGTTGTGCGAGTTTATAGGG GAGGTCGTCAATACATTAGCG This study pnp TGAACCAGACCTTCTTTCC GAGATCACCGCAGAGATC This study

Table 1: Real-time PCR primers (5’-3’).