Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolated from Chinese diarrhea patients with high-pathogenicity island ofYersinia is involved in synthesis of siderophore yersiniabactin

Table 1 Primers used in this study

Amplified fragment	Length (bp)	Primers	Reference
asnT-tRNA-int	1 505	5’-GCTCTCGACGTCCGTATCGCCTGACAC-3’	[1], GenBank no.: AJ132668
		5’-GCTCTAGATCAACCTGTTTCGGGTCGG-3’
irp9	529	5’-GCTGTCCTGAAATACGGA-3’	[1], GenBank no.: AJ132668
		5’-AGTGCGCTCGTTTATGTT-3’
irp8	1 176	5’-TGTCATCAGTTCTCTTGCCG-3’	[1], GenBank no.: AJ132668
		5’-CTGGTATCGGCGCTGTCTAT-3’
irp7	1 572	5’-ATGGTGGATAAACGGTGAGC-3’	[1], GenBank no.: AJ132668
		5’-TATCTCCAGCGCCGTTGGCAGTC-3’
irp6	1 588	5’-TCACCATTGAGAGACGATGC-3’	[1], GenBank no.: AJ132668
		5’-TTTCCTCTCTGGCAGGTGAT-3’
ybtA	555	5’-AGTGCGCTCGTTTATGTT-3’	[1], GenBank no.: AJ132668
		5’-GCAGCAGTTTCTGACGTT-3’
irp2	267	5’-AAGGATTCGCCTGTTACCGGAC-3’	[19], GenBank no.: L18881
		5’-TCGTCGGGCAGCGTTTCTTCT-3’
irp1	799	5’-CCGGTTATTGTGAAGGTT-3’	[8], GenBank no.: Y12527
		5’-GTGAATGTTACGGCACTAA-3’
irp3	1 139	5’-GGAATTCCCATGGACCGGAGAACACGTTATG-3’	[8], GenBank no.: Y12527
		5’-GCTCTAGATCACAGCGCCTCCTTATCATC-3’
irp4	827	5’-GCTCTAGAATGTGCATCCCGCTGCGG-3’	[8], GenBank no.: Y12527
		5’-AACGCAGGGTACCGTCACCTTTCTGCTGAAGTGC-3’
irp5	1 636	5’-CGCGGATCCGGTACCAGGTGACGCATGAATTCTTC-3’	[8], GenBank no.: Y12527
		5’-AACTGCAGTCAACCTGTTTCGGGTCGG-3’
fyuA	948	5’-GCTTTATCCTCTGGCCTT-3’	[5], GenBank no.: Z35486
		5’-GGCATAACGATTAACG-3’
EAEC	623	5’-CTGGCGAAAGACTGTATCAT-3’	[17]
		5’-CAATGTATAGAAATCCGCTGTT-3’