Table 1.

Bacteria and plasmids used in this study

Bacterium or plasmid	Relevant characteristics	Source
E. coli
1830	pro-met-KmrNmr, containing transposon Tn5 on the ?sucidal? plasmid pJB4JI	Gantotti et al. [37]
DH5	supE44hsdR17recA1endA1gyrA1thi-1relA1	Hanahan and Reusch et al [26,38]
Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum
89-H-4	putative biocontrol agent	Laboratory stock
H-rif-8-6	89-H-4, Rifr	this work
Ea1068	wild type	Laboratory stock
T-29	wild type	Laboratory stock
E108	wild type	Laboratory stock
A-100	wild type	Laboratory stock
86-H-2	wild type	Laboratory stock
TH12-2	H-rif-8-2, flhC:: Tn5, Rifr, Kanr	this work
KH17	H-rif-8-2, flh D::Kan, Rifr, Kanr	this work
FliC-KO	H-rif-8-2, fli C::Kam, Rifr, Kamr	this work
FlhA-KO	H-rif-8-2, flh A::Kam, Rifr, Kamr	this work
plasmid
pBR322	Ampr, Kanr	Bolivar et al [39]
pBYL2DC	Ampr, flhDC	this work
pBYL2C	Ampr, flhC	this work
pBYL2D	Ampr, flhD	this work
pBFC	Ampr, fliC	this work
pBFA	Ampr, flhA	this work

Amp^r indicates ampcillin resistance, Rif^r indicates rifampicin resistance, and Kan^r indicates Kanamycin resistance.