Webster, Craig


Publications
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'Candidatus Phytoplasma vignae’, assigning a species description to a long-known phytoplasma occurring in northern Australia

Citation
Rodrigues Jardim et al. (2024). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 74 (8)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma vignae Ca. Phytoplasma phoenicium Ca. Phytoplasma omanense Ca. Phytoplasma
Abstract
Gene- and genome-based approaches were used to determine whether Vigna little leaf (ViLL) phytoplasma, which occurs in northern Australia, is a distinct ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ species. The ViLL 16S rRNA gene sequences exhibited the highest known similarity to species in the 16SrXXIX-A and 16SrIX-D subgroups, namely ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma omanense’ (98.03–98.10%) and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium’ (96.87–97.20%), respectively. A total of 48 single-copy orthologue genes were identified to