| Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Mycoplasmatota |
| Class: | Mollicutes |
| Order: | Acholeplasmatales |
| Family: | Acholeplasmataceae |
| Genus: | Candidatus Phytoplasma |
| Species: | Ca. P. palmicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola | |
Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola is a phytoplasma first detected in Mozambique in 2007. A symptomology similar to coconut lethal yellowing disease (LYD) was found. This same disease was then found in Côte d’Ivoire. 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.
Distribution
Geographic range includes Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire.
Hosts
Hosts include Cocos nucifera.
References
- ^ Harrison, Nigel A.; Davis, Robert E.; Oropeza, Carlos; Helmick, Ericka E.; Narváez, María; Eden-Green, Simon; Dollet, Michel; Dickinson, Matthew (2014). "'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola', associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt_6): 1890–1899. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.060053-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 24585372. S2CID 22367478.
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