Phytoplasma taxonomy: nomenclature, classification, and identification

W Wei, Y Zhao - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Phytoplasmas are vector-borne and graft-transmissible bacteria that cause
various plant diseases, leading to severe economic losses. Since phytoplasmas cannot be …

Molecular biology and pathogenicity of phytoplasmas

C Marcone - Annals of applied Biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Phytoplasmas are a large group of plant‐pathogenic wall‐less, non‐helical, bacteria
associated with diseases, collectively referred to as yellows diseases, in more than a …

Phytoplasmas: an update

A Bertaccini, IM Lee - … : Plant pathogenic bacteria-I: Characterisation and …, 2018 - Springer
A summary of the research carried out on phytoplasma-associated diseases 50 years after
their discovery is presented. The great majority of this research was devoted to classification …

Comparative genome analysis of jujube witches'-broom Phytoplasma, an obligate pathogen that causes jujube witches'-broom disease

J Wang, L Song, Q Jiao, S Yang, R Gao, X Lu, G Zhou - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background JWB phytoplasma is a kind of insect-transmitted and uncultivable bacterial plant
pathogen causeing a destructive Jujube disease. To date, no genome information about …

An abundant 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' tuf b strain is associated with grapevine, stinging nettle and Hyalesthes obsoletus

A Aryan, G Brader, J Mörtel, M Pastar… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Bois noir (BN) associated with 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'(Stolbur) is regularly found in
Austrian vine growing regions. Investigations between 2003 and 2008 indicated sporadic …

A few sequence polymorphisms among isolates of Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma associate with organ proliferation symptoms of infected maize plants

Z Orlovskis, MC Canale, M Haryono… - Annals of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma (MBSP) is a bacterial
pathogen of maize (Zea mays L.) across Latin America. MBSP belongs to the 16SrI-B sub …

Candidate pathogenicity factor/effector proteins of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' modulate plant carbohydrate metabolism, accelerate the ascorbate–glutathione …

M Dermastia, Š Tomaž, R Strah, T Lukan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The pathogenicity of intracellular plant pathogenic bacteria is associated with the action of
pathogenicity factors/effectors, but their physiological roles for most phytoplasma species …

Functional variation in phyllogen, a phyllody‐inducing phytoplasma effector family, attributable to a single amino acid polymorphism

N Iwabuchi, Y Kitazawa, K Maejima… - Molecular Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flower malformation represented by phyllody is a common symptom of phytoplasma
infection induced by a novel family of phytoplasma effectors called phyllogens. Despite the …

Dietary nitrogen alters codon bias and genome composition in parasitic microorganisms

EA Seward, S Kelly - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Genomes are composed of long strings of nucleotide monomers (A, C, G and T)
that are either scavenged from the organism's environment or built from metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'strain SA-1 is highly dynamic and prone to adopting foreign sequences

MS Music, I Samarzija, SA Hogenhout… - Systematic and applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacteria of the genus 'Candidatus Phytoplasma'are uncultivated intracellular plant
pathogens transmitted by phloem-feeding insects. They have small genomes lacking genes …