Table 6.

Bacterial strains and bacteriophages used in the assays.

Strain	Isolation, properties	Source/reference
E. amylovora
CFBP1430	Crataegus sp.; France, 1972	CFBP
CFBP1430Sm‐amsD	Smr mutant of CFBP1430, Tn5 insertion in amsD	Lab collection
PMV6076	hrp/dsp deletion mutant CFBP1430	Barny et al. (1990)
Ea1/79	Cotoneaster sp.; Germany, 1979	Falkenstein et al. (1988)
Ea1/79del100	Cmr, deletion of ams cluster	Bugert and Geider (1995)
Ea1/79Sm	Smr spontaneous mutant of Ea1/79	Bellemann et al. (1994)
Ea322A	CFBP1368, avirulent Tn5 mutant of Ea322	Jock et al. (2000)
EaDS05	Quince; Germany, 2007	Lab collection
EaDS08	Apple; Germany, 2008	Lab collection
EaOR1/07	Apple; USA, 2007	Lab collection
EaOR2/07	Apple; USA, 2007	Lab collection
EaRW1/06	Cotoneaster floccosus; Germany, 2006	Lab collection
IL6	Raspberry; USA	Kim et al. (2001)
MR1	Raspberry; USA	Jock and Geider (2004)
E. pyrifoliae
Ep1/96	Nashi pear; Korea	Kim et al. (1999)
Ep2/97	Nashi pear; Korea, hrpL	Jock et al. (2003)
Ejp557	Nashi pear; Japan	Kim et al. (2001)
Ejp617	Nashi pear; Japan	Kim et al. (2001)
E. billingiae
Eb661T	NCPPB661T, apple tissue; England	Mergaert et al. (1999)
E. tasmaniensis
Et1/99T	Apple flowers; Tasmania	Geider et al. (2006)
P. stewartii
DC283	Nalr mutant of SS104, Zea mays; Illinois, 1967	Coplin et al. (2002)
P. agglomerans
C9‐1	Apple; USA	V. Stockwell
MB96	Corn; Germany, 1996	Lab collection
Bacteriophages
φEa1h	Blighted Jonathan apple shoots; Michigan, 1975	Hartung et al. (1988)
φEa100	Soil sample; Michigan, 1996	Schnabel and Jones (2001)
φEa104	Soil apple orchard; Michigan, 1996	Schnabel and Jones (2001)
φEa116	Blighted apple tissue; Michigan, 1996	Schnabel and Jones (2001)
φEaJ08C	Blighted apple shoots; Germany, 2008	This work
φEaJ08T	Blighted apple shoots; Germany, 2008	This work
φEaK08T	Blighted Gala apple shoots; Germany, 2008	This work

CFBP = Collection Française de Bactéries Phytopathogènes; NCPPB = National Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (UK).