WGS of Trema levigatum exhibiting witch's broom symptoms
The earliest discovery of Candidatus Phytoplasma Trema was in Xinping County, Yunnan Province, China in 2018. The research group identified the pathogen as a phytoplasma through 16SrRNA analysis, which caused Trema levigata to exhibit symptoms of witches' broom. Therefore, the research group assembled the draft genome of Candidatus Phytoplasma Trema using a metagenomic separation method.