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Species "Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium"
Name: "Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium" Verdin et al. 2003
Etymology: phoe.ni’ci.um. L. neut. adj. phoenicium, Phoenician
Nomenclatural type: A4; phytoplasma of almond witches’-broom in Lebanon
16S rRNA gene:
AF515636
Analyse
FASTA
Pro-valid publication:
Verdin E, Salar P, Danet JL, Choueiri E, Jreijiri F, El Zammar S, Gelie B, Bove JM, Garnier M. 'Candidatus phytoplasma phoenicium' sp. nov., a novel phytoplasma associated with an emerging lethal disease of almond trees in Lebanon and Iran. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:833-838. 
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
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Notes:
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.
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🧍 This name was also included in a Notification List.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.
Parent taxon: "Candidatus Phytoplasma" Firrao et al. 2004
Assigned by:
Verdin E, Salar P, Danet JL, Choueiri E, Jreijiri F, El Zammar S, Gelie B, Bove JM, Garnier M. 'Candidatus phytoplasma phoenicium' sp. nov., a novel phytoplasma associated with an emerging lethal disease of almond trees in Lebanon and Iran. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:833-838.
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Record number: 800056
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