'Candidatus Phytoplasma japonicum', a new phytoplasma taxon associated with Japanese Hydrangea phyllody

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1275-1285

  Sawayanagi, Toshimi ^a   Horikoshi, Norio ^b   Kanehira, Tsutomu ^c   Shinohara, Masayuki ^d   Bertaccini, Assunta ^a   Cousin, M T ^b   Hiruki, Chuji ^c   Namba, Shigetou ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d INRA   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Candidatus Phytoplasma japonicum'; Japanese Hydrangea phyllody

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA JAPONICUM; PLANT; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLIUM CEPA; ASTER; CANDIDATUS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA JAPONICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; HYDRANGEA; HYDRANGEA PHYLLODY PHYTOPLASMA; MOLLICUTES; PHORMIUM; PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA JAPONICUM; VITIS;

EID: 0033060284     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1275     Document Type: Article

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