Should ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ be retained within the order Acholeplasmatales?

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1075-1082

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Davis, Robert E ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Lee, Ing Ming ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; STEROL; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMATALES; ANAEROPLASMATALES; ARTICLE; AXENIC CULTURE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; ENTOMOPLASMATALES; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT; HOMEOSTASIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUGAR TRANSPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMATALES; ANAEROPLASMATALES; ENTOMOPLASMATALES; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMATALES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84925341870     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.000050     Document Type: Article

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