'Candidatus phytoplasma malaysianum', a novel taxon associated with virescence and phyllody of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART2, 2013, Pages 540-548

  Nejat, Naghmeh ^a   Vadamalai, Ganesan ^a   Davis, Robert E ^b   Harrison, Nigel A ^c   Sijam, Kamaruzaman ^a   Dickinson, Matthew ^d   Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA MALAYSIANUM; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK;

EID: 84873569164     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.041467-0     Document Type: Article

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