Sequence heterogeneity in the two 16S rRNA genes of Phormium yellow leaf phytoplasma

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3133-3139

  Liefting, Lia W ^a,b   Andersen, Mark T ^a   Beever, Ross E ^c   Gardner, Richard C ^b   Forster, Richard L S ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 16S;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ASTER; LILIOPSIDA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MYCOPLASMA; PHORMIUM; PHORMIUM TENAX; PHORMIUM YELLOW LEAF PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA; VITIS;

EID: 0029808092     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3133-3139.1996     Document Type: Article

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