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List of works by Robert F. Whitcomb

A Test for Measuring Growth Responses of Mollicutes to Serum and Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan

scientific article published in July 1993

A phylogeny of New World Deltocephalus-like leafhopper genera based on mitochondrial 16S ribosomal DNA sequences

scientific article published on June 1993

Acholeplasma brassicae sp. nov. and Acholeplasma palmae sp. nov., two non-sterol-requiring mollicutes from plant surfaces

scientific article published on October 1994

Acholeplasma entomophilum sp. nov. from Gut Contents of a Wide Range of Host Insects

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Acholeplasma seiffertii sp. nov., a Mollicute from Plant Surfaces

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Amended Data on Arginine Utilization by Spiroplasma Species

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Application of the Growth Inhibition Test to Spiroplasma Taxonomy

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Cell-assisted culture of fastidious spiroplasmas: initial analysis of growth factors

scientific article published on June 1987

Characterization and taxonomic status of tick spiroplasmas: a review

scientific article published on September 1983

Characterization of some new insect-derived acholeplasmas

scientific article published in June 1987

Cultivation of the Drosophila sex-ratio spiroplasma

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Density gradient centrifugation of virus-antibody complexes: A sensitive serological method

scientific article published in December 1966

Discovery of a new plant-pathogenic spiroplasma

scientific article published on 01 October 1984

Division of Group XVI Spiroplasmas into Subgroups

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Effect of photoperiod on development and fitness of a polymorphic leafhopper, Stirellus bicolor (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

Enhanced Isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from Throat Washings with a Newly Modified Culture Medium

scientific article published on April 1, 1979

Enhancement of infectivity of a mammalian virus preparation after injection into insects

scientific article published in January 1968

Entomoplasma freundtii sp. nov., a new species from a green tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

erratum published in April 1999

Entomoplasma freundtii sp. nov., a new species from a green tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).

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Evidence on Possible Mycoplasma Etiology of Aster Yellows Disease II. Suppression of Aster Yellows in Insect Vectors.

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Evidence on possible Mycoplasma etiology of aster yellows disease I. Suppression of symptom development in plants by antibiotics

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Evolution and devolution of minimal standards for descriptions of species of the class Mollicutes: analysis of two Spiroplasma descriptions

scientific article published in February 2007

Helical Mycoplasmas (Spiroplasmas) from Ixodes Ticks

scientific article published on May 29, 1981

Helical filaments produced by a Mycoplasma-like organism associated with corn stunt disease

scientific article published on 01 May 1972

Helical wall-free prokaryotes in insects: multiplication and pathogenicity

scientific article published on January 1, 1975

Improved cultivation systems for isolation of the colorado potato beetle spiroplasma.

scientific article published in September 1996

International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes: Minutes of Interim Meetings, 2 and 5 September 1980, Custer, South Dakota

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International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes: Minutes of the Interim Meeting, 30 August and 6 September 1982, Tokyo, Japan

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Lethality of injected peach Western X-disease virus to its leafhopper vector

scientific article published in March 1967

Metabolism of Members of the Spiroplasmataceae

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Molecular taxonomy using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of mitochondrial ribosomal DNA genes

scientific article published on August 1994

Mycoplasma ellychniae sp. nov., a Sterol-Requiring Mollicute from the Firefly Beetle Ellychnia corrusca

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Mycoplasma lactucae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from a plant surface

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Mycoplasma melaleucae sp. nov., a sterol-requiring mollicute from flowers of several tropical plants

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Mycoplasma somnilux sp. nov., Mycoplasma luminosum sp. nov., and Mycoplasma lucivorax sp. nov., new sterol-requiring mollicutes from firefly beetles (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).

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New spiroplasmas from insects and flowers: isolation, ecology, and host association

scientific article published on June 1987

Note: Serologic and genomic relatedness of group XIV spiroplasma isolates from a lampyrid beetle and tabanid flies: an ecologic paradox

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Notes: Revised Taxonomy of the Class Mollicutes: Proposed Elevation of a Monophyletic Cluster of Arthropod-Associated Mollicutes to Ordinal Rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with Provision for Familial Rank To Separate Species with Nonhelical Mo...

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Occurrence and frequency of subgroup I-6 spiroplasma in arthropods associated with old fields in Maryland and Virginia

scientific article published on October 1984

Occurrence of extrachromosomal deoxyribonucleic acids in spiroplasmas associated with plants, insects, and ticks

scientific article published in March 1993

Pathogenic mycoplasmas: cultivation and vertebrate pathogenicity of a new spiroplasma

scientific article published in March 1977

Pathogenicity of mollicutes for insects: possible use in biological control.

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Pathogenicity of mycoplasmas for arthropods

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Phylogeny of the grassland leafhopper genus Flexamia (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences.

scientific article published in October 1997

Plant Mycoplasmas: Serological Relation between Agents Associated with Citrus Stubborn and Corn Stunt Diseases

scientific article published on 01 November 1973

Plant mycoplasmas: a cultivable spiroplasma causes corn stunt disease

scientific article published on 01 June 1975

Proliferative symptoms in leafhoppers infected with western X-disease virus

scientific article published in May 1968

Proposal for Elevation of the Family Acholeplasmataceae to Ordinal Rank: Acholeplasmatales

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Proposed Criteria for an Interim Serogroup Classification for Members of the Genus Spiroplasma (Class Mollicutes)

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Remission of Aster Yellows Disease by Antibiotics

scientific article published on August 1968

Revised Group Classification of the Genus Spiroplasma (Class Mollicutes), with Proposed New Groups XII to XXIII

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Revised Taxonomy of the Class Mollicutes: Proposed Elevation of a Monophyletic Cluster of Arthropod-Associated Mollicutes to Ordinal Rank (Entomoplasmatales ord. nov.), with Provision for Familial Rank To Separate Species with Nonhelical Morpholog...

scientific article published in July 1993

Revised group classification of the genus Spiroplasma

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Serologic and Genomic Relatedness of Group VIII and Group XVII Spiroplasmas and Subdivision of Spiroplasma Group VIII into Subgroups

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Serological Relationships of Spiroplasmas as Shown by Combined Deformation and Metabolism Inhibition Tests

scientific article published in October 1979

Serological classification of spiroplasmas: current status

scientific article published on September 1983

Spiroplasma alleghenense sp. nov., a New Species from the Scorpion Fly Panorpa helena (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

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Spiroplasma cantharicola sp. nov., from Cantharid Beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

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Spiroplasma chinense sp. nov. from Flowers of Calystegia hederacea in China

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Spiroplasma chrysopicola sp. nov., Spiroplasma gladiatoris sp. nov., Spiroplasma helicoides sp. nov., and Spiroplasma tabanidicola sp. nov., from Tabanid (Diptera: Tabanidae) Flies

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Spiroplasma clarkii sp. nov. from the Green June Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

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Spiroplasma corruscae sp. nov., from a firefly beetle (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and tabanid flies (Diptera: Tabanidae).

scientific article published on October 1996

Spiroplasma culicicola sp. nov. from the Salt Marsh Mosquito Aedes sollicitans

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Spiroplasma diabroticae sp. nov., from the southern corn rootworm beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae).

scientific article published on January 1997

Spiroplasma diminutum sp. nov., from Culex annulus mosquitoes collected in Taiwan

scientific article published on January 1996

Spiroplasma insolitum sp. nov., a New Species of Group I Spiroplasma with an Unusual DNA Base Composition

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Spiroplasma ixodetis sp. nov., a new species from Ixodes pacificus ticks collected in Oregon

scientific article published on January 1995

Spiroplasma kunkelii sp. nov.: Characterization of the Etiological Agent of Corn Stunt Disease

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Spiroplasma lampyridicola sp. nov., from the Firefly Beetle Photuris pennsylvanicus

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Spiroplasma leptinotarsae sp. nov., a Mollicute Uniquely Adapted to Its Host, the Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

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Spiroplasma lineolae sp. nov., from the Horsefly Tabanus lineola (Diptera: Tabanidae)

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Spiroplasma litorale sp. nov., from Tabanid Flies (Tabanidae: Diptera) in the Southeastern United States

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Spiroplasma melliferum, a New Species from the Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

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Spiroplasma mirum, a New Species from the Rabbit Tick (Haemaphysalis leporispalustris)

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Spiroplasma monobiae sp. nov. from the Vespid Wasp Monobia quadridens (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

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Spiroplasma montanense sp. nov., from Hybomitra Horseflies at Northern Latitudes in North America

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Spiroplasma phoeniceum sp. nov., a New Plant-Pathogenic Species from Syria

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Spiroplasma platyhelix sp. nov., a New Mollicute with Unusual Morphology and Genome Size from the Dragonfly Pachydiplax longipennis

scientific article published on July 1, 1997

Spiroplasma poulsonii sp. nov., a new species associated with male-lethality in Drosophila willistoni, a neotropical species of fruit fly.

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Spiroplasma sabaudiense sp. nov. from Mosquitoes Collected in France

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Spiroplasma syrphidicola sp. nov., from a syrphid fly (Diptera: Syrphidae).

scientific article published on July 1996

Spiroplasma turonicum sp. nov. from Haematopota horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in France

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

Spiroplasma velocicrescens sp. nov., from the vespid wasp Monobia quadridens

scientific article published on April 1995

Spiroplasmas in the Tabanidae.

scientific article published on October 1984

Spiroplasmas of Group I: the Spiroplasma citri cluster

scientific article published on September 1, 1983

Suckling mouse cataract agent is a helical wall-free prokaryote (spiroplasma) pathogenic for vertebrates

scientific article published on January 15, 1976

Taxonomic Descriptions of Eight New Non-Sterol-Requiring Mollicutes Assigned to the Genus Mesoplasma

scientific article published in January 1995

Taxonomic descriptions of eight new non-sterol-requiring mollicutes assigned to the genus Mesoplasma

scientific article published on October 1994

Temperature Ranges, Growth Optima, and Growth Rates of Spiroplasma (Spiroplasmataceae, class Mollicutes) Species

scientific article published in June 1996

The Spiroplasma Motility Inhibition Test, a New Method for Determining Intraspecific Variation among Colorado Potato Beetle Spiroplasmas

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The genus Spiroplasma

scientific article published on January 1980

The infection of leafhoppers by Western X-disease .virus II. Fluctuation of virus concentration in the hemolymph after injection

scientific article published in March 1966

The infection of leafhoppers by Western X-disease virus. 3. Salivary, neural, and adipose histopathology

scientific article published in March 1967

The infection of leafhoppers by Western X-disease virus. IV. Pathology in the alimentary tract

scientific article published in January 1968

The infection of leafhoppers by western X-disease virus. I. Frequency of transmission after injection or acquisition feeding

scientific article published in March 1966

Workshop II: Cultivation and Identification of Mycoplasmas

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