Candidatus Phytoplasma 94 claims

genus · family Acholeplasmataceae · bacterium · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Common name: plant yellows agents — Also written in claims: phytoplasma · phytoplasmas · MLOs · Phy-toplasmas · mycoplasma-like organisms · phytoplasma species — NCBI synonyms: Mycoplasma-like organisms

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Candidatus Phytoplasma
Candidatus Phytoplasma · picture of the genus (one of its species)Estreya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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A phytoplasma effector SJP4 JWB was identified and interacted with ZjWRKY40.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Gene
SJP4 JWBe0
Outcome
interact with ZjWRKY40e0

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e0

“A phytoplasma effector SJP4 JWB was identified and shown to interact with ZjWRKY40 by yeast two‐hybrid and co‐immunoprecipitation methods.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 843–981

Title

Molecular Mechanism of ZjWRKY40‐zju‐miR157 Module Regulating Phytoplasma Tolerance in Jujube

Changfeng Ai; Lixin Wang; Zhi Luo; et al. Molecular Plant Pathology 2026. doi:10.1111/mpp.70219

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Phytoplasma detection yielded no positive results.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Outcome
failed to yield positive resultse0

Not reportedDirection

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e0

“phytoplasma detection, which failed to yield positive results.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 826–888

Title

Genome analysis of Ceratobasidium theobromae and its causal association with cassava witches’ broom disease in the Philippines

Cris Q. Cortaga; Alejandra Gil-Ordóñez; Mónica F. Fronda; et al. Frontiers in Fungal Biology 2026. doi:10.3389/ffunb.2026.1800255

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The most effective protocol combined differential centrifugation, CTAB extraction and removal of CpG-methylated host DNA and notably increased the relative abundance of phytoplasma reads compared to the other protocols.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Treatment
differential centrifugation, CTAB extraction and removal of CpG-methylated host DNAe0
Outcome
relative abundance of phytoplasma readse0
Direction
increasee0
Comparator
other protocolse0

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e0

“The most effective approach combined differential centrifugation, CTAB extraction and removal of CpG-methylated host DNA and resulted in a notable increase in the relative abundance of phytoplasma reads compared to other protocols”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 928–1158

Title

From vineyard to genome

Kogej Zwitter, Zala; Kutnjak, Denis; Mehle, Nataša DiRROS repository (University of Maribor) 2025

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Rarefaction analysis showed that the entire phytoplasma genome was covered by reads in a dataset of 3 billion nucleotides generated with this protocol.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Outcome
entire phytoplasma genome was covered by readse0
Value
3 billion nucleotidese0

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e0

“Rarefaction analysis of the dataset generated using this protocol demonstrated that the entire phytoplasma genome was covered by reads in a dataset comprising 3 billion nucleotides”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1160–1340

Title

From vineyard to genome

Kogej Zwitter, Zala; Kutnjak, Denis; Mehle, Nataša DiRROS repository (University of Maribor) 2025

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Hybrid assemblies combining both technologies yielded longer phytoplasma contigs than assemblies from Illumina datasets.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Outcome
longer phytoplasma contigse0
Direction
longere0
Comparator
assemblies from Illumina datasetse0

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e0

“hybrid assemblies that combined both technologies, yielding longer phytoplasma contigs than assemblies from Illumina datasets”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1691–1816

Title

From vineyard to genome

Kogej Zwitter, Zala; Kutnjak, Denis; Mehle, Nataša DiRROS repository (University of Maribor) 2025

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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A hybrid de novo assembled genome of the Slovenian Flavescence doree phytoplasma isolate achieved 96% reference genome coverage with high contiguity and low error rates.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Material
Slovenian FD phytoplasma isolatee0
Outcome
reference genome coveragee0
Value
96%e0

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e0

“A hybrid de novo assembled genome of the Slovenian FD phytoplasma isolate achieved 96% reference genome coverage, with high contiguity and low error rates”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1900–2054

Title

From vineyard to genome

Kogej Zwitter, Zala; Kutnjak, Denis; Mehle, Nataša DiRROS repository (University of Maribor) 2025

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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SAP54 primers never yielded an amplification product.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae1
Gene
SAP54e0
Outcome
an amplification product was never obtainede0

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e0

“In this case, using primer pairs for the SAP54 gene, an amplification product was never obtained.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 837–934
e1

“the phytoplasma, found in both periwinkle plants and insects used in transmission trials, belongs to the 16SrIII-J ribosomal subgroup”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1034–1167

Title

First Report of a Psyllid Vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ (Strain 16SrIII-J)

Tomás Llantén; Sebastián Cabrera; Javiera Fuentes; et al. Plants 2025. doi:10.3390/plants14091279

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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RFLP analysis placed phytoplasma from trial plants and insects in subgroup 16SrIII-J.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Outcome
belongs to the 16SrIII-J ribosomal subgroupe0

Verbatim

e0

“Virtual restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of F2nR2 fragments indicated that the phytoplasma, found in both periwinkle plants and insects used in transmission trials, belongs to the 16SrIII-J ribosomal subgroup.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 935–1168

Title

First Report of a Psyllid Vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ (Strain 16SrIII-J)

Tomás Llantén; Sebastián Cabrera; Javiera Fuentes; et al. Plants 2025. doi:10.3390/plants14091279

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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RFLP analysis of the 16S rRNA gene fragment indicated that the CpY-hnwn phytoplasma strain is a member of the 16SrI-B subgroup.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Interactor
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0pathogen
Outcome
member of 16SrI-B subgroupe0

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e0

“indicated that the phytoplasma strain is a member of 16SrI-B subgroup”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2144–2213

Title

Carica papaya Represents a New Host of 16SrI-B Subgroup Phytoplasma Associated with Yellow Symptoms in China

Shao-shuai Yu; An-na Zhu; Wei-wei Song Plant Disease 2022. doi:10.1094/pdis-03-22-0692-pdn

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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The sequence had more than 99% identity to other phytoplasma sequences.

Taxon
phytoplasmaCandidatus Phytoplasmae0
Outcome
sequence identitye0
Value
more than 99%e0

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e0

“A BLASTn search showed more than 99% sequence identity with phytoplasma sequences”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1510–1591

Title

First report of a 16SrII‐V phytoplasma associated with peanut phyllody in India

R. Verma; A. Verma; S. Tripathi New Disease Reports 2022. doi:10.1002/ndr2.12085

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