Technical Abstract: The USDA-ARS and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Michigan State University announce the release of five dry edible common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm lines with moderate levels of resistance to common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli. Common bacterial blight is a seed borne vegetative disease that plagues bean production worldwide. It is a major disease in the midwest United States (Michigan, North Dakota, Nebraska, and eastern Colorado), and is the primary reason why most bean seed production occurs in the west (California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington). The lines possess resistance to common bacterial blight derived from one of four sources AFR 603, WBB-48-2, Montcalm, and SUG 87. The resistance in these sources appears to derive, at least in part, from Great Northern #1 sel 27 as indicated by pedigree or presence of the SCAR (sequence characterized amplified region) marker SAP6820 linked with a QTL (quantitative trait locus) for resistance to common bacterial blight on linkage group B10. The lines exhibited resistance to ashy stem blight (Macrophomina phaseolina) and rust (Uromyces appendiculatus) epidemics in Puerto Rico. In greenhouse tests, the lines expressed the I gene for resistance to bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) and bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV), and expressed either the Co-1 gene for resistance to race 73 of anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum), the Co-2 gene for resistance to Race 7, or both anthracnose resistance genes. These germplasm lines will be useful for improving the common bacterial blight resistance in light red kidney, dark red kidney, and cranberry dry edible bean market classes.