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

Gender: neuter

Type strain: LfWB; LfWBR

16S rRNA gene: AF248956 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not 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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