'Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi', a novel phytoplasma taxon associated with jujube witches'-broom disease

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1037-1041

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMAL WITCHES BROOM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TREE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACHOLEPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ZIZIPHUS;

ACHOLEPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ULMI; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ZIZIPHI; INSECTA; JUJUBE WITCHES'-BROOM PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA; PROKARYOTA; ULMUS; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 0041309717     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02393-0     Document Type: Article

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