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Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Mycoplasmatota
Class:	Mollicutes
Order:	Acholeplasmatales
Family:	Acholeplasmataceae
Genus:	Candidatus Phytoplasma
Species:	Ca. P. pruni
Binomial name
Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni Davis et al. 2013
Synonyms
Peach western X phytoplasma Peach X disease phytoplasma Peach yellow leafroll phytoplasma Western X disease phytoplasma

Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni is a species of phytoplasma in the class Mollicutes, a class of bacteria distinguished by the absence of a cell wall. The specific epithet pruni means "living on Prunus", emphasizing the fact that the phytoplasma is a parasite of various Prunus species, otherwise known as stone fruits. The phytoplasma is commonly called the X-disease phytoplasma.

Like all phytoplasmas, Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni infects both plants and insects. Potential plant hosts include peach, cherry, plum, and others. Known insect hosts include various species of leafhoppers. Since the pathogen can not live outside of host cells, it must be transmitted to a new plant host by an infected leafhopper.

Taxonomy

The name 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni' was informally suggested by the International Research Program for Comparative Mycoplasmology in 2004, but the taxon was not formally described until 2013. It belongs to the X-disease group (16Sr group III), subgroup A (16SrIII-A), the most studied subgroup of 16SrIII. This subgroup of phytoplasma is associated with a number of diseases:

PX11CT1 is the reference strain for 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'.

Related strains

Certain strains of phytoplasmas related to 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni' are associated with diseases of various plant species, including blueberry, clover, goldenrod, milkweed, spirea, pecan, poinsettia, potato, and walnut. These strains are classified in other subgroups of group III as follows:

A 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'-related strain in subgroup 16SrIII-F has also been implicated as the cause of a greening disorder of Trillium grandiflorum and other Trillium species.

X-disease

X-disease was first discovered in California in 1931, where it was described as cherry buckskin. In 1933, the disease was found on peach in Connecticut, where it was called "X disease of peach" due to its unknown cause and mysterious nature. For many years, X-disease of peach was believed to be caused by a virus that was carried by insect vectors from nearby forests to peach orchards. In 1971, X-disease was found to be associated with mycoplasma-like organisms (now called phytoplasmas).

X-disease is an infectious disease of stone fruits (Prunus spp.). The disease is caused by Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni, a strain of phytoplasma belonging to 16Sr group III, the X-disease group of phytoplasmas.

Hosts

Historically, X-disease has been a major limiting factor in peach production in the United States. In addition to peach (Prunus persica), other species of the genus Prunus are susceptible to infection by the X-disease pathogen, including Prunus americana (wild American plum), Prunus armeniaca (apricot), Prunus avium (cherry), Prunus besseyi (Bessey cherry), Prunus cerasus (cherry), Prunus domestica (European plum), Prunus dulcis (almond), Prunus japonica (Chinese bush-cherry), Prunus munsoniana (wildgoose plum), Prunus persica var. nectarina (nectarine), Prunus salicina (Japanese plum), and Prunus virginiana (wild chokecherry).

Vectors

X-disease is transmitted by various species of leafhoppers in family Cicadellidae, including Colladonas clitellarius, C. montanus, C. geminatus, Euscelidius variegatus, Fieberiella florii, Graphocephala confluens, Gyponana lamina, Keonella confluens, Norvellina seminuda, Osbornellus borealis, Paraphlepsius irroratus, and Scaphytopius delongi.

Distribution

X-disease is present in North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States) and South America (Argentina). It is localized in Canada (British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario) and widespread in the United States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington). The disease may also be present in Asia (India, Japan), Europe (Poland), and additional U.S. states.

See also

• Cherry X-disease
• Milkweed yellows phytoplasma

References

1. ^ Davis, R.E.; Zhao, Y.; Dally, E.L.; Lee, I.M.; Jomantiene, R.; Douglas, S.M. (2013). "'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni', a novel taxon associated with X-disease of stone fruits, Prunus spp.: multilocus characterization based on 16S rRNA, secY, and ribosomal protein genes". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 63 (Pt 2): 766–776. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.041202-0. PMID 22798643.
2. ^ "'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni' (PHYPPN)". EPPO Global Database. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
3. Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
4. Bertaccini, Assunta, ed. (2014). Phytoplasmas and phytoplasma disease management: how to reduce their economic impact. International Phytoplasmologist Working Group. p. 181. ISBN 978-88-909922-0-9. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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6. Gilmer, R. M.; Blodgett, E. C. (1974). "X-disease". Virus Diseases and Noninfectious Disorders of Stone Fruits in North America. Agriculture Handbook 437. U.S. Department of Agriculture. pp. 145–155. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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8. ' Kogej, Zala; Dermastia, Marina; Mehle, Nataša (2020). "Development and Validation of a New TaqMan Real-Time PCR for Detection of Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'". Pathogens. 9 (8): 642. doi:10.3390/pathogens9080642. ISSN 2076-0817. PMC 7459698. PMID 32784551.
9. "Phytoplasma pruni (peach X-disease)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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