Phytomonas

Phytomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Excavata
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastida
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Family:	Trypanosomatidae
Genus:	Phytomonas Donovan, 1909[1]

Phytomonas is a genus of trypanosomatids that infect a variety of plant species by an insect vector.^[2] There are only two species that are known to cause disease in their hosts (P. staheli which causes wilt in coconut and oil palms and P. leptovasorum which causes coffee phloem necrosis); The rest of the genus is thought to be nonpathogenic.^[3]

Selected species

P. serpens, which infects tomato fruit

P. EM1, which infects Euphorbia latex

P. HART1, which was isolated from the phloem of a coconut palm

P. leptovasorum, the causative agent of coffee phloem necrosis

P. staheli, the causative agent of palm wilt

References

1. Donovan, C. 1909. Kala-azar in Madras, especially with regard to its connection with the dog and the bug (Conorhinus). Lancet 177:1495–1496. Transactions of the Bombay Medical Congress, 1909, 159–66.
2. Jankevicius, J.V. et al. Ciclo biológico de Phytomonas / Biological cycle of Phytomonas. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 83, supl. 1, 1988, .
3. "Phytomonas: Trypanosomatids Adapted to Plant Environments". doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004484.