Table 1: Primers, used for amplification of S. aureus genes (f-forwards, r-reverse). Engineered restriction nuclease sites are shown in bold.

ID Nucleotide sequence, 5’-3’ direction (restriction enzyme site) Cloned gene
# 601 f GTCGCTGGATCCGCAGATTCTG (BamHI) hla
# 595 r ATAGTCGACATTAATTTGTCATTTC (SalI) hla
# 1062 f TTAATTGGATCCCTAATGTATTTGG (BamHI) sasG
# 1063 r GTGAATGCAAGTCGACTATTATTTAA (SalI) sasG
# 1064 r TGTCGTTATTGTCGACTCACCTTT (SalI) sasG
# 1242 f CATTGGATCCGGAAGTACAACAAAC (BamHI) splB
# 1243 r GCAACGCTCGTTTAAAGTCGACTTG (SalI) splB