'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris', a novel phytoplasma taxon associated with aster yellows and related diseases

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1037-1048

  Lee, I M ^a   Gundersen Rindal, D E ^b   Davis, R E ^a   Bottner, K D ^a   Marcone, C ^c   Seemuller E ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Insect Biocontrol Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d Biologische Bundesanstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENING PRIMROSE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACHOLEPLASMA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

16SRI (ASTER YELLOWS GROUP); ACHOLEPLASMA; ASTER; OENOTHERA; OENOTHERA ELATA SUBSP. HOOKERI; PHYTOPLASMA; PRIMULA; STOLBUR PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 4344681387     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02843-0     Document Type: Article

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