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Promoter Characterization in the AT-Rich Genome of the Obligate Endosymbiont “ Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus”

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Stoll et al. (2009). Journal of Bacteriology 191 (11)
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Ca. Blochmannia floridanus
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ABSTRACT The characterization of transcriptional start sites of 14 genes encoded by the extremely AT-rich genome of “ Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus” revealed a high degree of conservation with the RpoD promoter consensus sequence of the free-living relative Escherichia coli . Moreover, in agreement with the presence of the alternative heat shock sigma factor RpoH in “ Ca . Blochmannia,” typical Rpo

First Report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Associated with Citrus Huanglongbing in the Dominican Republic

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Matos et al. (2009). Plant Disease 93 (6)
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Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
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In August 2008, unusual symptoms were observed in Mexican lime trees (Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swing) in the municipality of Luperón, province of Puerto Plata on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Symptoms observed in young and old trees included blotchy mottle on leaves, healthy-appearing larger branches with smaller side branches that displayed chlorotic leaves, abscised and lopsided fruit, and branch dieback, all symptoms similar to those of citrus huanglongbing associated with

Detection and Molecular Characterization of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’-Related Strain Infecting Sasa fortunei in China

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Zhang et al. (2009). Plant Disease 93 (5)
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Ca. Phytoplasma asteris
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Bamboos are ecologically and economically valuable plants. Young shoots of almost all species are edible, either raw or cooked, and are major components of Asian cuisine while culms are used for furniture or handicrafts as well as fuel wood. Symptoms indicative of phytoplasma disease were observed on Sasa fortunei (van Houtte) Fiori during a survey in Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China during 2007. Symptoms included internode shortening, a mosaic pattern on leaves of diminished size, stunted gro

The Ultramicrobacterium “ Elusimicrobium minutum ” gen. nov., sp. nov., the First Cultivated Representative of the Termite Group 1 Phylum

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Geissinger et al. (2009). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (9)
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Elusimicrobiota
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ABSTRACT Insect intestinal tracts harbor several novel, deep-rooting clades of as-yet-uncultivated bacteria whose biology is typically completely unknown. Here, we report the isolation of the first representative of the termite group 1 (TG1) phylum from sterile-filtered gut homogenates of a humivorous scarab beetle larva. Strain Pei191 T is a mesophilic, obligately anaerobic ultramicrobacterium with a gram-negative cell envelope. Cells are typically

First Report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous’ in Potato Tubers with Zebra Chip Disease in Mexico

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Munyaneza et al. (2009). Plant Disease 93 (5)
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Ca. Liberibacter psyllaurous
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Zebra Chip (ZC), an emerging disease of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) first documented in potato fields around Saltillo in México in 1994, has been identified in the southwestern United States, México, and Central America and is causing losses of millions of dollars to the potato industry (4). Recently, this damaging potato disease was also documented in New Zealand (3). This disease is characterized by a striped pattern of necrosis in tubers produced on infected plants, and fried chips process