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- Title
The linear chromosome of the plant-pathogenic mycoplasma 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'.
- Authors
Kube, Michael; Schneider, Bernd; Kuhl, Heiner; Dandekar, Thomas; Heitmann, Katja; Migdoll, Alexander M; Reinhardt, Richard; Seemüller, Erich
- Abstract
Phytoplasmas are insect-transmitted, uncultivable bacterial plant pathogens that cause diseases in hundreds of economically important plants. They represent a monophyletic group within the class Mollicutes (trivial name mycoplasmas) and are characterized by a small genome with a low GC content, and the lack of a firm cell wall. All mycoplasmas, including strains of 'Candidatus (Ca.) Phytoplasma asteris' and 'Ca. P. australiense', examined so far have circular chromosomes, as is the case for almost all walled bacteria.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2008, Vol 9, p306
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-9-306