'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', a novel taxon associated with stolbur- and bois noir-related diseases of plants

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART8, 2013, Pages 2879-2894

  Quaglino, Fabio ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b   Casati, Paola ^a   Bulgari, Daniela ^a   Bianco, Piero Attilio ^a   Wei, Wei ^b,c   Davis, Robert Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDATUS SOLANI; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; HYALESTHES OBSOLETUS; INSECT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WOODY PLANT;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMIPTERA; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VITIS;

EID: 84881002161     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.044750-0     Document Type: Article

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