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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Tenericutes > Acholeplasmataceae > Phytoplasma

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Phytoplasma  

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Scope note

  • A genus of minute bacteria in the family ACHOLEPLASMATACEAE that inhabit phloem sieve elements of infected PLANTS and cause symptoms such as yellowing, phyllody, and witches' brooms. Organisms lack a CELL WALL and thus are similar to MYCOPLASMA in animals. They are transmitted by over 100 species of INSECTS especially leafhoppers, planthoppers, and PSYLLIDS.

History note

  • 2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D045582

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