Table 1. List of bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.

Bacterial Strains/Plasmids	Relevant characteristic(s)	Reference/ source
E. coli strains
DH5α	λ– f80dlacZDM15 D(lacZYA-argF)U169 recA1 endA hsdR17 (rK– mK–) supE44 thi-1 gyrA relA1	Invitrogen
X. oryzae pv. oryzae strains
BXO1	Wild type; Indian isolate	laboratory collection
BXO43	rif-2; derivative of BXO1	laboratory collection
pglA-	pglA-:: pK18mob rif-2; Kmr; pglA-; Kmr	This study
pmt-	Pmt-:: pK18mob rif-2; Kmr; pmt-; Kmr	This study
pel-	pel-:: pK18mob rif-2; Kmr; pel-; Kmr	This study
pelL-	pelL-:: pK18mob rif-2; Kmr; pelL-; Kmr	This study
pglA -/pHM1	pglA-/pHM1; rif-2; Kmr, Spr; derivative of pglA-	This study
pglA- /pHM1:: pglA	pglA-/pHM1:: pglA; rif-2; Kmr, Spr; derivative of pglA-	This study
pmt-/pHM1	pmt- /pHM1; rif-2; Kmr, Spr; derivative of pmt-	This study
pmt- /pHM1:: pmt	pmt- /pHM1:: pmt; rif-2; Kmr, Spr; derivative of pmt-	This study
Plasmids
pK18mob	pUC18 derivative; Mob+ Tra- Kmr; does not replicate in X. oryzae pv. oryzae	[19]
pTL1	pK18mob+759 bp of internal fragment of pglA gene	This study
pTL2	pK18mob+793 bp of internal fragment of pmt gene	This study
pTL3	pK18mob+767 bp of internal fragment of pel gene	This study
pTL4	pK18mob+653 bp of internal fragment of pelL gene	This study
pHM1	Broad-host-range cosmid vector (13.3kb); Spr	[20]
pTC5	pHM1+ 1853 bp gene fragment containing 1671 bp pglA gene	This study
pTC6	pHM1+ 1252 bp gene fragment containing 1224 bp pmt gene	This study