'Candidatus phytoplasma japonicum', a new phytoplasma taxon associated with Japanese Hydrangea phyllody

A phytoplasma was discovered in diseased specimens of field-grown hortensia (Hydrangea spp.) exhibiting typical phyllody symptoms. PCR amplification of DNA using phytoplasma specific primers detected phytoplasma DNA in all of the diseased plants examined. No phytoplasma DNA was found in healthy hort...

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Published in:	International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology Vol. 49 Pt 3; no. 3; pp. 1275 - 1285
Main Authors:	Sawayanagi, T, Horikoshi, N, Kanehira, T, Shinohara, M, Bertaccini, A, Cousin, M T, Hiruki, C, Namba, S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-07-1999
Subjects:	Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific - metabolism DNA, Bacterial - chemistry DNA, Bacterial - genetics DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry DNA, Ribosomal - genetics Molecular Sequence Data Mycoplasmatales - classification Mycoplasmatales - isolation & purification Phylogeny Plant Diseases - microbiology Plants - microbiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics Sequence Analysis, DNA
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