Table 1 Bacterial strains and plasmids

   X. oryzae pv. oryzicola GX01

Harboring plasmid pXOCgx01; Rif^r

This study

   X. oryzae pv. oryzicola isolates

Isolates from China; some harboring plasmids

   X. campestris pv. campestris 8004

plasmidless; Rif^r

[57]

   X. oryzae pv. oryzae PXO99^A

plasmidless; Rif^r (a rifampicin resistant mutant selected in our lab)

[58]

   Xoo PXO99^A/pXOCgx01::Tn5

PXO99^A harboring plasmid pXOCgx01 insertion with Tn5; Rif^r, Kan^r

This study

  EC100D pir ⁺

F⁻, Ф80d/lacZM15, lacX74, recA1, endA1, galU, mcrA, galK, λ⁻, rpsL, araD139, nupG, pir+

Eppicentre Biotechnologies

  DH5α

F⁻, Ф80d/lacZΔM15, deoR, endA1, hsdR17, phoA, supE44, λ⁻, thi-1, gyrA96, relA1

Our library

 pUC19

Cloing vector; Amp^r

Our library