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Science 23 November 1973:
Vol. 182. no. 4114, pp. 827 - 829
DOI: 10.1126/science.182.4114.827
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Plant Mycoplasmas: Serological Relation between Agents Associated with Citrus Stubborn and Corn Stunt Diseases

J. G. Tully 1, R. F. Whitcomb 2, J. M. Bove 3, and P. Saglio 3

1 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
2 Plant Protection Institute, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
3 Station de Physiologie et de Biochimie Végétales, Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux, Institut National (de la Recherche Agronomique, 33 Pont-de-la-Maye, France

Growth-inhibition and precipitin tests established that antigens of the helical mycoplasma-like organism (Spiroplasma citri) associated with citrus stubborn disease are serologically related to antigens in corn infected with stunt disease but not in healthy corn.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Helical mycoplasmas (spiroplasmas) from Ixodes ticks.
J. Tully, D. Rose, C. Yunker, J Cory, R. Whitcomb, and D. Williamson (1981)
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Pathogenic mycoplasmas: cultivation and vertebrate pathogenicity of a new spiroplasma.
J. Tully, R. Whitcomb, H. Clark, and D. Williamson (1977)
Science 195, 892-894
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Corn Stunt Spiroplasma: Isolation, Cultivation, and Proof of Pathogenicity.
T. A. Chen and C. H. Liao (1975)
Science 188, 1015-1017
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Plant Mycoplasmas: A Cultivable Spiroplasma Causes Corn Stunt Disease.
D. L. Williamson and R. F. Whitcomb (1975)
Science 188, 1018-1020
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Spiroplasmas and Acholeplasmas: Multiplication in Insects.
R. F. Whitcomb, J. G. Tully, J. M. Bove, and P. Saglio (1973)
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