'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' formally proposed as a new phytoplasma species
Phytoplasma strains associated with stolbur disease in wild and cultivated plants (in particular with potato and tomato - EPPO A2 List), with bois noir disease in grapevine (Vitis vinifera) and with maize redness (EPPO Alert List) have been informally proposed to represent a separate species, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’, but no formal description of this taxon had been published, so far. A recent publication from Quaglino et al. (2013) now provides a formal description for this new taxon in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
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Quaglino F, Zhao Y, Casati P, Bulgari D, Bianco PA, Wei W, Davis RE (2013) 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', a novel taxon associated with stolbur and bois noir related diseases of plants. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (abst.).