Phytoplasma
"Phytoplasma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of minute bacteria in the family ACHOLEPLASMATACEAE that inhabit phloem sieve elements of infected PLANTS and cause symptoms such as yellowing, phyllody, and witches' brooms. Organisms lack a CELL WALL and thus are similar to MYCOPLASMA in animals. They are transmitted by over 100 species of INSECTS especially leafhoppers, planthoppers, and PSYLLIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D045582
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.860.074.575
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