'Candidatus phytoplasma castaneae', a novel phytoplasma taxon associated with chestnut witches' broom disease

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1543-1549

  Jung, Hee Young ^a   Sawayanagi, Toshimi ^a   Kakizawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Nishigawa, Hisashi ^a   Miyata, Shin Ichi ^a   Oshima, Kenro ^a   Ugaki, Masashi ^a   Lee, Joon Tak ^a   Hibi, Tadaaki ^a   Namba, Shigetou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

'Candidatus phytoplasma castaneae'

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; DNA FRAGMENT; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHESTNUT; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INFECTION; JAPAN; KOREA; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMAL WITCHES BROOM; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXON; TREE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACHOLEPLASMATACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; COCOS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FAGACEAE; KOREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA CASTANEAE; CASTANEA; CASTANEA CRENATA; MOLLICUTES; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0036740653     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.01980-0     Document Type: Article

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