Candidatus Liberibacter

Candidatus Liberibacter
The potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli, feeds on a potato and infects it with Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, the bacterium that causes zebra chip disease.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Candidatus Liberibacter
Jagoueix et al., 1997
Species

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Candidatus Liberibacter is a genus of gram-negative bacteria in the Rhizobiaceae family. The term Candidatus is used to indicate that it has not proved possible to maintain this bacterium in culture. Detection of the liberibacters is based on PCR amplification of their 16S rRNA gene with specific primers. Members of the genus are plant pathogens mostly transmitted by psyllids. The genus was originally spelled Liberobacter.[1]

Species

Named species include:[2]

The commonly used abbreviations are Laf, Lam, Las, Leu, Lso and Lcr respectively.

References

  1. Taxonomy browser
  2. UniProt Consortium
  3. EPPO
  4. ‘Candidatus Liberibacter americanus’, associated with citrus huanglongbing (greening disease) in São Paulo State, Brazil
  5. Featured Creatures
  6. Raddadi, N; Gonella, E; Camerota, C; Pizzinat, A; Tedeschi, R; Crotti, E; Mandrioli, M; Bianco, PA; Daffonchio, D; Alma, A (2011). "'Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus' sp. nov. that is associated with and transmitted by the psyllid Cacopsylla pyri apparently behaves as an endophyte rather than a pathogen". Environ. Microbiol. 13: 414–26. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02347.x. PMID 21040355.
  7. A New Huanglongbing Species, "Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous," Found To Infect Tomato and Potato, Is Vectored by the Psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc){triangledown}
  8. Manipulation of Plant Defense Responses by the Tomato Psyllid (Bactericerca cockerelli) and Its Associated Endosymbiont Candidatus Liberibacter Psyllaurous
  9. ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, associated with plants in the family Solanaceae
  10. Evidence that the Zebra Chip Disease and the Putative Causal Agent Can be Maintained in Potatoes by Grafting and In Vitro
  11. "A new haplotype of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" identified in the Mediterranean region". European Journal of Plant Pathology. 135: 633–639. doi:10.1007/s10658-012-0121-3.
  12. "Association of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' with a vegetative disorder of celery in Spain and development of a real-time PCR method for its detection". Phytopathology: 140206091749008. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-07-13-0182-R.
  13. "Haplotypes of "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" suggest long-standing separation". European Journal of Plant Pathology. 130: 5–12. doi:10.1007/s10658-010-9737-3.
  14. Complete genome sequence of Liberibacter crescens BT-1
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