2.2 | Bacterial strains and growth conditions
E. coli DH5α cells were grown in LB (Hi-Media, Mumbai, India) (contains 1% casein enzymic hydrolysate, 0.5% yeast extract, 1% NaCl) medium at 37 ºC. R. solanacearum F1C1 was grown in BG medium (Boucher et al., 1985) which contains 1% peptone (Hi-Media, Mumbai, India), 0.1% yeast extract (Hi-Media, Mumbai, India) and 0.1% casamino acids (SRL, New Mumbai, India) supplemented with 5 g/L glucose (Hi-Media, Mumbai, India) at 28 °C. 1.5% agar (Hi-Media, Mumbai, India) was used for preparing solid medium.