Southern blotting of 38 Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) strains. Genomic DNA of Xoo strains was digested with SphI and Sau3
AI, separated in 1.2% (w/v) agarose gel and transferred to a nylon membrane. The SphI
‐Sau3
AI fragment containing the central repeat region of avrXa23 was labelled with 32
P‐dCTP and used as a DNA probe. M, molecular ladder; CK, the 2797‐bp SphI
‐Sau3
AI fragment of avrXa23; 1–38, numbers of the 38 Xoo strains in Table 1; CK2, P99ΔC9.