Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola

Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Acholeplasmatales
Family: Acholeplasmataceae
Genus: Candidatus Phytoplasma
Species:
Ca. P. palmicola
Binomial name
Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola

Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola is a phytoplasma first detected in Mozambique in 2007.[1] A symptomology similar to coconut lethal yellowing disease (LYD) was found. This same disease was then found in Côte d’Ivoire.[1] It was discovered by Harrison et al., 2014 to be due to a species nova which they named Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola and assigned to novel Candidatus Phytoplasma subgroup 16SrXXII-B.[1]

Distribution

Geographic range includes Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire.[1]

Hosts

Hosts include Cocos nucifera.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Harrison, Nigel A.; Davis, Robert E.; Oropeza, Carlos; Helmick, Ericka E.; Narváez, María; Eden-Green, Simon; Dollet, Michel; Dickinson, Matthew (2014). "'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola', associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt_6): 1890–1899. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.060053-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 24585372. S2CID 22367478.


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