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Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola is a phytoplasma first detected in Mozambique in 2007.[1] A symptomology similar to coconut lethal yellowing disease (LYD) was found. This same disease was then found in Côte d’Ivoire.[1] It was discovered by Harrison et al., 2014 to be due to a species nova which they named Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola and assigned to novel Candidatus Phytoplasma subgroup 16SrXXII-B.[1]
Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
Class: | Mollicutes |
Order: | Acholeplasmatales |
Family: | Acholeplasmataceae |
Genus: | Candidatus Phytoplasma |
Species: | Ca. P. palmicola |
Binomial name | |
Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola | |
Geographic range includes Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire.[1]
Hosts include Cocos nucifera.[1]
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