Davis, R. E.


Publications
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Draft Genome Sequence of “ Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni” Strain CX, a Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium

Citation
Lee et al. (2015). Genome Announcements 3 (5)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma pruni
Abstract
ABSTRACT “ Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni” strain CX, belonging to subgroup 16SrIII-A, is a plant-pathogenic bacterium causing economically important diseases in many fruit crops. Here, we report the draft genome sequence, which consists of 598,508 bases, with a G+C content of 27.21 mol%.

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

Citation
Zhao et al. (2015). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 65 (Pt_3)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma
Abstract
Phytoplasmas are a diverse but phylogenetically coherent group of cell-wall-less bacteria affiliated with the class Mollicutes . Due to difficulties in establishing axenic culture, phytoplasmas were assigned to a provisional genus, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’, and the genus was embraced within the order Acholeplasmatales . Howe

‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola’, associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique

Citation
Harrison et al. (2014). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 64 (Pt_6)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma palmicola
Abstract
In this study, the taxonomic position and group classification of the phytoplasma associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease (LYD) of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique were addressed. Pairwise similarity values based on alignment of nearly full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences (1530 bp) revealed that the Mozambique coconut phytoplasma (LYDM) shared 100 % identity with a comparable sequence derived from a phytoplasma strain (LDN) responsible for Awka wilt disease of coconut in Nigeria,