{"response":{"status":"ok","message_type":"publication"},"id":102,"citation":"Schneider et al., 2005, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology","doi":"10.1099/ijs.0.63285-0","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/publications/102.json","link_ext":"https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63285-0","title":"‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pini’, a novel taxon from Pinus silvestris and Pinus halepensis","journal":"International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology","journal_loc":"55 (1)","journal_date":"2005-01-01","pub_type":"journal-article","abstract":"\u003cjats:p\u003e\n                  \u003cjats:italic\u003ePinus silvestris\u003c/jats:italic\u003e and \u003cjats:italic\u003ePinus halepensis\u003c/jats:italic\u003e trees grown in Germany and Spain, respectively, showing abnormal shoot branching, dwarfed needles and other symptoms were examined for the presence of plant-pathogenic mollicutes (phytoplasmas). While phytoplasmas could not be detected unambiguously with microscopical methods, PCR amplification using universal phytoplasma primers yielded positive results. Samples collected from symptomatic and non-symptomatic plant parts of both symptomatic \u003cjats:italic\u003ePinus silvestris\u003c/jats:italic\u003e and \u003cjats:italic\u003ePinus halepensis\u003c/jats:italic\u003e trees tested positive. Also, surrounding non-symptomatic trees proved to be phytoplasma-infected. Comparisons revealed that the 16S rRNA gene sequences of the phytoplasmas identified in \u003cjats:italic\u003ePinus silvestris\u003c/jats:italic\u003e and \u003cjats:italic\u003ePinus halepensis\u003c/jats:italic\u003e were nearly identical. However, the pine phytoplasma is only distantly related to other phytoplasmas. The closest relatives are members of the palm lethal yellowing and rice yellow dwarf groups and ‘\u003cjats:italic\u003eCandidatus\u003c/jats:italic\u003e Phytoplasma castaneae’, which share between 94·5 and 96·6 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity. From these data it can be concluded that the phytoplasmas identified in the two \u003cjats:italic\u003ePinus\u003c/jats:italic\u003e species represent a coherent but discrete taxon; it is proposed that this taxon be distinguished at putative species level under the name ‘\u003cjats:italic\u003eCandidatus\u003c/jats:italic\u003e Phytoplasma pini’.\u003c/jats:p\u003e","long_citation_html":"Schneider et al. (2005). ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pini’, a novel taxon from Pinus silvestris and Pinus halepensis. \n\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology\u003c/i\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63285-0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63285-0\u003c/a\u003e\n","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:05.510Z","updated_at":"2025-11-06T11:25:54.575Z","authors":[{"id":508,"given":"Bernd","family":"Schneider","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:08.880Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:08.880Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/508.json"},{"id":9734,"given":"Ester","family":"Torres","created_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.784Z","updated_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.784Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/9734.json"},{"id":9735,"given":"María P.","family":"Martín","created_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.802Z","updated_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.802Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/9735.json"},{"id":9736,"given":"Manfred","family":"Schröder","created_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.817Z","updated_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.817Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/9736.json"},{"id":9737,"given":"Heinz-Dietmar","family":"Behnke","created_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.830Z","updated_at":"2021-12-15T17:22:24.830Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/9737.json"},{"id":514,"given":"Erich","family":"Seemüller","created_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:08.947Z","updated_at":"2019-04-15T18:46:08.947Z","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/authors/514.json"}],"names":[{"id":11,"name":"Candidatus Phytoplasma pini","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/names/11.json","uri":"https://seqco.de/i:11"}],"subjects":[{"id":2,"name":"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/subjects/2.json"},{"id":11,"name":"General Medicine","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/subjects/11.json"},{"id":9,"name":"Microbiology","url":"https://api.seqco.de/v1/subjects/9.json"}]}