'Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus' sp. nov. that is associated with and transmitted by the psyllid Cacopsylla pyri apparently behaves as an endophyte rather than a pathogen

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 414-426

  Raddadi, Noura ^a   Gonella, Elena ^a   Camerota, Caterina ^a   Pizzinat, Alan ^a   Tedeschi, Rosemarie ^a   Crotti, Elena ^b   Mandrioli, Mauro ^c   Attilio Bianco, Piero ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Alma, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; RHIZOBIACEAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HEMIPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PYRUS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACOPSYLLA PYRI; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; HEXAPODA; PSYLLIDAE; PYRUS; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 79551481572     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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