Table 3.

Bacteria used in this study.

	Description	Reference
Strain
CFBP2503	E. mallotivora, Japan	Hauben et al. (1998)
CFBP 3618	E. rhapontici, UK	Hauben et al. (1998)
CFBP 3622	Erwinia persicina, Japan	Hao et al. (1990)
CV026	C. violaceum	McClean et al. (1997)
DC283	P. stewartii, USA	Coplin et al. (2002)
Ea1/79	E. amylovora, Germany	Falkenstein et al. (1988)
Ea1/79Sm	spontaneous Smr mutant of Ea1/79
Eb1261	NCBP1261, E. billingiae, UK	Mergaert et al. (1999)
Eb660	NCBP660, E. billingiae, UK	Mergaert et al. (1999)
Eb661	NCBP661, E. billingiae, UK	Mergaert et al. (1999)
Ech 3937	D. chrysanthemi	Kazemi‐Pour et al. (2004)
Ejp557	E. pyrifoliae, Japan	Kim et al. (2001)
Ep1/96	E. pyrifoliae, South Korea	Kim et al. (1999)
Et1/99	E. tasmaniensis, Tasmania, Australia	Geider et al. (2006)
Et2/99	E. tasmaniensis, Victoria, Australia	Geider et al. (2006)
Et4/99	E. tasmaniensis, Queensland, Australia	Geider et al. (2006)
FLA03	E. tasmaniensis, Heidelberg, Germany	This work
Plasmids
pJBA132	TcR, in E. coli MT102, AHL sensor, gfp controlled via luxR/I from V. fischeri	Andersen et al. (2001)
pGThrpL‐Ea1	ApR, hrpL gene from Ea1/79, Plac	Jock et al. (2003)