Table 1. Bacterial strains used in this study for biochemical characterization and pathogenicity tests.

	Code	Host	Disease/symptoms	Location	Origin
Pseudomonas viridiflava	PV271	Apium graveolens L.	Celery leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV272	Apium graveolens L.	Celery leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV272a	Apium graveolens L.	Celery leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV273	Apium graveolens L.	Celery leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV273a	Apium graveolens L.	Celery leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV274	Apium graveolens L.	Celery leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV276	Apium graveolens L.	Celery leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV612	Cucumis melo cv Naudin	Cantaloupe leaf spot/necrosis	Tympaki, Crete	[13]
	PV527	Amaranthus blitum L.	Blite (purple amaranth) leaf spot	St. Pelagia, Crete	[13]
	PV3005	Solanum melongena L.	Eggplant leaf spot	Ierapetra, Crete	[13]
	PV3006	Solanum melongena L.	Eggplant leaf spot	Ierapetra, Crete	[13]
	PV570	Acanthus mollis L.	Bear's Breeches leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV574a	Acanthus mollis L.	Bear's Breeches leaf blight	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	TKK615	Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato spot on fruit	Antiskari, Crete	[15]
	PV441	Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato stem soft rot; pith necrosis	Tympaki, Crete	[13]
	PV442	Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato stem soft rot; pith necrosis	Tympaki, Crete	[15]
	PV608	Cynara scolymus L.	Artichoke bracts leave lesions/necrosis	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	PV609	Cynara scolymus L.	Artichoke bracts leave lesions/necrosis	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	NCPPB1249	Chrysanthemummorifolium	Stem soft rot	United Kingdom (1962)	[15]
P. savastanoi pv. savastanoi	Ps.sav1	Olea europaea	Olive knot disease	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	Ps.sav4	Olea europaea	Olive knot disease	Heraklion, Crete	This study
	Ps.sav5	Olea europaea	Olive knot disease	Heraklion, Crete	This study
P. syringae pv. tomato	Pst1	Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato bacterial speck disease	Tympaki, Crete	This study
	Pst2	Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato bacterial speck disease	Tympaki, Crete	This study
	Pst3	Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato bacterial speck disease	Tympaki, Crete	This study
P. syringae pv. lachrymans	Psl110	Cucumis sativus	Angular leaf spot of Cucurbits	Ierapetra Crete	[13]
	Psl119	Cucumis sativus	Angular leaf spot of Cucurbits	Ierapetra Crete	[13]
	Psl102	Cucumis melo	Angular leaf spot of Cucurbits	Lasithi Crete	[13]
P. syringae pv. syringae	Pss11	Citrus lemon	Citrus blast disease, black pit	Fodele Crete	[13]
	NCPPB2778	Pyrus communis	Pear blossom blast and canker	France (1965)	[13]