Species "Candidatus Phytoplasma luffae"

Name: "Candidatus Phytoplasma luffae" Davis et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: luf’fae. N.L. gen. fem. n. luffae, of a loofah gourd, from the genus Luffa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: phy-to-PLAS-ma LUF-fa͡e, neuter

Nomenclatural type: LfWB; LfWBR

16S rRNA gene: AF248956 Analysetree FASTA download

Pro-valid publication: Davis RE, Zhao Y, Wei W, Dally EL, Lee IM. 'Candidatus Phytoplasma luffae', a novel taxon associated with witches' broom disease of loofah, Luffa aegyptica Mill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3127-3133. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Phytoplasma" Firrao et al. 2004

Assigned by: Davis RE, Zhao Y, Wei W, Dally EL, Lee IM. 'Candidatus Phytoplasma luffae', a novel taxon associated with witches' broom disease of loofah, Luffa aegyptica Mill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3127-3133. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 800239

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