Table 1 Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study

Serratia sp. G3

Wild type, Rif ^r

This work

G3/pME6000

G3 derivative transformed with the pME6000 vector plasmid

This work

G3/pME6863-aiiA

G3 derivative transformed with the pME6863 plasmid

This work

Chromobacterium violaceum CV026

Violacein production-based AHL bioreporter

24

E. coli DH5α

F- recA1 endA1 hsdR17 deoR thi-1 supE44 gyrA96 relA1 D(lacZYA ± argF) U169 k- [u80dlacZDM15]

25

E. coli S17-1

thi pro hsdR recA; chromosomal RP4; Tra⁺; Sm/Sp^r

25

Plasmid

pME6000

Broad-host-range cloning vector; Tc^r

21

pME6863

pME6000 carrying the aiiA gene of strain A24 under the control of constitutive lac promoter; Tc^r

21

pUCP18::gfpmut3.1

pUCP18 carrying gfpmut3.1 gene; Cb^r

28

Fungal strain

Cryphonectria parasítica

Lab collection