The IRPCM Phytoplasma/Spiroplasma Working Team - Phytoplasma taxonomy group


Publications
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‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’, a taxon for the wall-less, non-helical prokaryotes that colonize plant phloem and insects

Citation
The IRPCM Phytoplasma/Spiroplasma Working Team - Phytoplasma taxonomy group, The IRPCM Phytoplasma/Spiroplasma Working Team – Phytoplasma taxonomy group (2004). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54 (4)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma
Abstract
The trivial name ‘phytoplasma’ has been adopted to collectively name wall-less, non-helical prokaryotes that colonize plant phloem and insects, which were formerly known as mycoplasma-like organisms. Although phytoplasmas have not yet been cultivated in vitro, phylogenetic analyses based on various conserved genes have shown that they represent a distinct, monophyletic clade within the class Mollicutes. It is proposed here to accommodate phytoplasmas within the novel genus ‘Candidatus (Ca.) Phyt