Revised classification scheme of phytoplasmas based on RFLP analyses of 16S rRNA and ribosomal protein gene sequences

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1153-1169

  Lee, Ing Ming ^a   Gundersen Rindal, Dawn E ^b   Davis, Robert E ^a   Bartoszyk, Irena M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Mycoplasma like organism; Phytoplasma classification; RFLP; Ribosomal protein

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0031723762     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1153     Document Type: Article

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