2.2 Dickeya solani and D. dianthicola strains used
in plant assays
Five D. dianthicola strains (RNS11-47-1-1A, CFBP1888, CFBP2982,
CFBP2015, MIE34) and five D. solani strains (3337 =
RNS08-23-3-1A, IPO2222, RNS05-1-2A, Ds0432.1, PPO9019) were used to
produce plant inoculation assays. The strains were chosen to be
representative of the diversity of the populations, i.e. from different
geographical locations, isolation years or host of collection (potato
plants vs ornamentals, Table S2 ), and regarding
phylogeny placement with neutral markers (Figure S1 ). Phylogeny
analyses were conducted using MEGA7 (Kumar, Stecher, & Tamura, 2016).
Bacterial strains were stored at -80°C in glycerol (25% vol/vol). They
were cultivated in TY medium (tryptone 5 g.L-1; yeast
extract 3 g.L-1) with or without agar (15
g.L-1) at 28°C.