Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar


Publications
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‘Candidatus Phytoplasma malaysianum’, a novel taxon associated with virescence and phyllody of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

Citation
Nejat et al. (2013). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63 (Pt_2)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma malaysianum
Abstract
This study addressed the taxonomic position and group classification of a phytoplasma responsible for virescence and phyllody symptoms in naturally diseased Madagascar periwinkle plants in western Malaysia. Unique regions in the 16S rRNA gene from the Malaysian periwinkle virescence (MaPV) phytoplasma distinguished the phytoplasma from all previously described ‘ Candidatus