Phytoplasma
(Phytoplasmas)

Interactions where Phytoplasma is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
infects and damages live, green, degraded capitulum HeleniumQuestionable sneezeweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Helenium/Heleniumsneezeweeds?live, green, degradedcapitulum
infects and damages live, yellowed leaf HeleniumQuestionable sneezeweeds Asterales: Asteraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Helenium/Heleniumsneezeweeds?live, yellowedleaf
infects and damages live, green flower HydrangeaQuestionable hydrangeas Cornales: Hydrangeaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cornales/Hydrangeaceae/Hydrangea/Hydrangeahydrangeas?live, greenflower
causes gall of proliferating stem Vaccinium bilberries and cranberries Ericales: Ericaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium/Vacciniumbilberries and cranberriesproliferatingstem
causes gall of proliferating stem Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry Ericales: Ericaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Vaccinium myrtillus/Vaccinium myrtillusbilberryproliferatingstem
causes gall of twig Robinia pseudoacacia False Acacia, False-acacia, Locust Tree Fabales: Fabaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Robinia pseudoacacia/Robinia pseudoacaciafalse acacia, false-acacia, locust treetwig
causes gall of live, galled shoot Juglans walnuts Fagales: Juglandaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Juglandaceae/Juglans/Juglanswalnutslive, galledshoot
causes gall of catkin SalixQuestionable willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi, Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
 /Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Phytoplasma/PhytoplasmaPhytoplasmas Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillows?catkin

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungiAIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council

Phytoplasma (Phytoplasmas) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phytoplasma (Phytoplasmas) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Cherry Little Cherry phytoplasma
a phytopathogenic phytoplasma
Species 3 trophisms
Chrysanthemum Green Flower ?phytoplasm
a phytopathogenic ?phytoplasm
Species 2 trophisms
Phytoplasma asteris
an aster yellows
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Phytoplasma trifolii
Clover Phyllody
Species 1 references
Strawberry Green Petal phytoplasma
a phytopathogenic phytoplasma
Species 6 trophisms
X disease phytoplasma
a phytoplasma
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
[Apple Chat Fruit phytoplasma]
a phytopathogenic phytoplasma
Informal 1 trophisms
[Apple Rubbery Wood phytoplasma]
a phytopathogenic phytoplasma
Informal 4 trophisms
[Aster Yellows]
phytopathogenic phytoplasmas
Informal 1 subtaxa 4 trophisms 1 references
[Rubus Stunt phytoplasma]
a phytpathogenic phytoplasma
Informal 8 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Candidatus genusPhytoplasma (Phytoplasmas)
FamilyACHOLEPLASMATACEAE (a family of phytoplasmas)
OrderACHOLEPLASMATALES (an order of bacteria)
ClassMOLLICUTES (a class of bacteria)
PhylumFIRMICUTES (a group of bacteria)
DomainBacteria (bacteria, mitochondria, blue-green algae)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Phytoplasma (Phytoplasmas) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Richardson, M.J. 1979 An Annotated list of Seed-borne Diseases Phytopathological Papers, No. 23, Third Edition edition, 320pp, Commonwealth Mycological Institute

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Phytoplasma (Phytoplasmas):

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