'Candidatus Phytoplasma malaysianum', a novel taxon associated with virescence and phyllody of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus).

• Main Authors: Nejat, Naghmeh, Vadamalai, Ganesan, Davis, Robert E., Harrison, Nigel A., Sijam, Kamaruzaman, Dickinson, Matthew, Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar, Zhao, Yan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: International Union of Microbiological Societies 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29502/1/%27Candidatus%20Phytoplasma%20malaysianum%27.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29502/; http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/63/Pt_2.toc

This study addressed the taxonomic position and group classification of a phytoplasma responsible for virescence and phyllody symptoms in naturally diseased Madagascar periwinkle plants in western Malaysia. Unique regions in the 16S rRNA gene from the Malaysian periwinkle virescence (MaPV) phytoplas...