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From: Classification of a new phytoplasmas subgroup 16SrII-W associated with Crotalaria witches’ broom diseases in Oman based on multigene sequence analysis

Fig. 2

Transmission electron micrograph of phytoplasma cells within the phloem of minor veins of infected C. aegyptiaca witches’ broom leaf. a elongationsection showing phytoplasma within the sieve tube (phloem) (Ph); b A cross section showing a high concentration of phytoplasma bodies in sieve tubes P = phytoplasma cell; c elongation section showing the sieve plate (S) of sieve tubes and that phytoplasma cells have moved through sieve plate pores; d Xylem cell (X) was free from phytoplasma cells

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