• Question: what animals or insects do phytomonas live on and where do they live

    Asked by 492evnb35 to Emily, Thad on 12 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by 573evnb35.
    • Photo: Emily Seward

      Emily Seward answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      phytomonas are carried around by insects that feed on plants. They live in lots of plants, the ones I work on are in tomato. They are amazing though as you find different species in lots of different plants. For example coffee, palm trees etc. They also have evolved to live in different parts of the plant such as the fruit or the different vessels. Phytomonas don’t live on or in animals.

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      Thaddeus Aid answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      Hi,

      This is outside my realm of experience 🙁 Emily is definitely the one to talk to.

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