''Spiroplasma citri'' is a bacterium species and the causative agent of

Citrus stubborn disease The Citrus stubborn disease is a plant disease affecting species in the genus ''Citrus''. '' Spiroplasma citri'', a Mollicute bacterium species, is the causative agent of the disease. It is present in the phloem of the affected plant. Originally di ...

. Its genome has been partially sequenced. The restriction enzyme SciNI, with the cutting site 5' GCGC / 3' CGCG, can be found in ''S. citri''. '' Euscelis incisa'' can be used as a vector of the bacterium to experimentally infect white clover (''

Trifolium repens ''Trifolium repens'', the white clover, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the bean family Fabaceae (otherwise known as Leguminosae). It is native to Europe, including the British Isles,Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg., E.F. 1968. ''Excursi ...

'').Spiroplasmas are the causal agents of citrus little-leaf disease. P. G. Markham, R. Townsend, M. Bar-Joseph, M. J. Daniels, A. Plaskitt and B. M. Meddins, Annals of Applied Biology, September 1974, Volume 78, Issue 1, pages 49–57,

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Type strain of ''Spiroplasma citri'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Mollicutes Bacterial citrus diseases Bacteria described in 1973 {{mollicutes-stub