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Table I.

Primers used to amplify the vtaA passenger domains or fragments of the vtaA10 passenger domain. The size of the amplified fragment (bp) is indicated in the first column. All primers contained a restriction enzyme BsaI target except for vtaA1 which contained a restriction enzyme BsmBI target (underlined and in bold).

Gene Primer name Sequence
vtaA Haemophilus parasuis strain Nagasaki
vtaA1 (6 792 bp) adh7-bsm-L2(-)F ATGGTA CGTCTCA AATGGCTGCATATCTTCAAGATGGTGC
adh7-bsm-3′less ATGGTA CGTCTCA GCGCTAACAATATCTCTTGATAATTGATTAAATC
vtaA2 (3 221 bp) adh3-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCTGCATATTTTCAAGATAGTTCTG
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA3 (3 138 bp) adh15-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCAGCATGGTTGGTAGATGGTTC
adh15-y(-)R ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTAACAATATCTCTTGATAATTGATTAAATC
vtaA4 (3 095 bp) adh23-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGTCAGCTGCATATTTTGCAGGTGG
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA5 (2 720 bp) adh1/21-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGGTGCACAACTTCACACAGGAAC
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA6 (2 828 bp) adh19-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGTCAGCTACTCACTCAGGAACACC
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA7 (2 618 bp) adh25-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCAGATCGTCATAAAGGAACTCC
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA8 (2 756 bp) adh9-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCAAGGCTTTTTCTAGATGAGGC
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA9 (2 405 bp) adh1/21-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGGTGCACAACTTCACACAGGAAC
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA10 (4 488 bp) adh11-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCATATCTTGAATATGGTGCTCGA
adh5-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGGTTGATCTTATTGTGAATATCG
vtaA11 (4 047 bp) adh5-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGTCAATTACTGATTCATCATATTTTCAAC
adh5-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGGTTGATCTTATTGTGAATATCG
vtaA12 (4 013 bp) adh17-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCAAGGCTTTTTCTAGATGGTGC
G3-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTTCTCTCTAACTTCGCACCCAATC
vtaA13 (3 752 bp) adh13-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCTAACACAACAAATACCGCAAAAC
G3-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTTCTCTCTAACTTCGCACCCAATC
vtaA10 Haemophilus parasuis strain Nagasaki partial constructions
vtaA10 5′ (1 562 bp) adh11-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGCATATCTTGAATATGGTGCTCGA
adh11parcial_5′R ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTCATAGCGGCAATCGTATCAATTTTA
vtaA10 central (1 004 bp) adh11parcial_CF ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGATAAAATTGATACGATTGCCGCTA
adh11parcial_CR ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTTTTATCCGTTTGATTTTCGTCTTTCG
vtaA10 3′ (1 980 bp) adh11parcial_3′F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGGTTGGTCCGAAAGACGAAAATCAA
adh11parcial_3′R ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGGTTGATCTTATTGTGAATATCG
vtaA Haemophilus parasuis strain HP1319
vtaA15 (2 828 bp) adh19-L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGTCAGCTACTCACTCAGGAACACC
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT
vtaA16 (2 765 bp) adh9HP1319L2(-)F ATGGTA GGTCTCA AATGTCAGCTGCTGCTAACACAACAAAT
G1-3′less ATGGTA GGTCTCA GCGCTACGACCAATATCTCTTGATAATTGAT