Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Primer F2 | Integrated DNA Technologies | TGACTAACTAGGAGGAATAAATG GCTAAAATGAGAATAT |
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| Primer R2 | ibid | CATTATTCCCTCCAGGTACTAAAA CAATTCATCCAGT |
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| Primer F2p | ibid | GATAAACCCAGCGAACCATTTGA | |
| Primer P1 | ibid | GCTTATATACCTTAGCAGGAGACA | |
| Primer P2 | ibid | GTATGACATTGCCTTCTGCGTCC | |
| Primer 5' end_R1_seq | ibid | GCCATTTATTCCTCCTAGTTAGTCA | |
| Primer 5' end_F3_seq | ibid | GTTTTAGTACCTGGAGGGAATAATG | |
| Primer 5' end_R1p_seq | ibid | CCTCAAATGGTTCGCTGGGTTTATC | |
| CSP | Synprep | Sequence:NH2-DLRGVPNPWGWIFGR-COOH | |
| DNA Polymerase | Invitrogen | 11304-102 | Platinum Taq DNA Polymerase High Fidelity |
| EcoRI | New England Biolabs Inc | R0101S | Restriction enzyme |
| Agar | American Bioanalytical | AB01185 | |
| Agarose | Promega | V3125 | |
| BHI | BD Biosciences | 237500 | Brain Heart Infusion |
| Horse serum | Fisher Scientific | SH3007403 | Horse serum |
| Km | Fisher Scientific | BP906-5 | Kanamycin |
| TH broth | BD Biosciences | 249240 | Todd Hewitt broth |
| PureLink 96 | Invitrogen | K310096 | PureLink 96 PCR purification kit |
| QIAquick | Qiagen | 28106 | QIAquick PCR purification kit |
| Filter | Corning | 431117 | 0.22 μm polystyrene filter |
| Anoxomat System | Mart Microbiology b.v. | Anoxomat Mark II | |
| Benchtop centrifuge | Thermo Scientific | 75004377 | Sorvall Legend RT Plus microplate rotor |
| Gel Documentation | UVP LLC | BioDoc-It 210 | |
| Incubator | Fisher Scientific | 11-690-625D | Isotemp |
| Labnet's Gel XL | Labnet | E0160 | Labnet's Gel XL |
| Microcentrifuge | Eppendorf | 22621408 | Microcentrifuge 5415 R |
| Multichannel pipettes | Thermo Scientfic | 4661040, 4661020 | Finnpipette F1 |
| Thermal Cycler | Applied Biosystems Inc. | N805-0200 | GeneAmp PCR system 9700 |
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