Phytoplasma Firrao et al. 2004 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Mycoplasmatota corrig. Murray 2021 Tenericutes (sic) Murray 2021 Mollicutota corrig. Murray 2021 Mollicutes Edward and Freundt 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. 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Zreik et al. 1995 Phytoplasma pini Schneider et al. 2005 Phytoplasma allocasuarinae Marcone et al. 2004 Phytoplasma brasiliense Montano et al. 2001 Phytoplasma lycopersici Arocha et al. 2007 Phytoplasma omanense Al-Saady et al. 2008 Phytoplasma rubi Malembic-Maher et al. 2011 Phytoplasma ziziphi Jung et al. 2003 Phytoplasma spartii Marcone et al. 2004 Phytoplasma fraxini Griffiths et al. 1999 Phytoplasma mali Seemüller and Schneider 2004 Phytoplasma prunorum Seemüller and Schneider 2004 Phytoplasma trifolii Hiruki and Wang 2004 Phytoplasma hispanicum Davis et al. 2016 Phytoplasma americanum Lee et al. 2006 Phytoplasma tamaricis Zhao et al. 2009 Phytoplasma meliae Fernández et al. 2016 Phytoplasma costaricanum Lee et al. 2011 Phytoplasma sudamericanum (sic) Davis et al. 2012 Phytoplasma australamericanum corrig. Davis et al. 2012 Phytoplasma malaysianum Nejat et al. 2013 Phytoplasma balanitae (sic) Win et al. 2013 Phytoplasma balanitis corrig. 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