title: 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', associated with plants in the family Solanaceae.
abstract: A liberibacter (isolate NZ082226) was detected in a symptomatic tomato plant and subsequently in five other members of the family Solanaceae: capsicum, potato, tamarillo, cape gooseberry and chilli. Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequence, the deduced amino acid sequence of the rplJ gene and a partial nucleotide sequence of the beta operon indicated that isolate NZ082226 represents a novel candidate species of 'Candidatus Liberibacter', for which the name 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, PO Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand. lia.liefting@maf.govt.nz
authors.forename: Lia W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Liefting
authors.forename: Bevan S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: Shaun R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pennycook
authors.forename: Gerard R G
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Clover
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012230:Rhizobiaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019657:Solanaceae / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins