TABLE 1.

Quantification of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (CLas) and the associated phage from fruit pith of three cultivars

No.	Cultivar	CLas cells/ng of total DNAa	Copy number of phages per CLas cella
			Type 1	Type 2	Type 3
1	“Guanxi” pomelo	35,469 ± 10,460 b	NA	13.8 ± 1.5	NA
2	“Shatian” pomelo	10,946 ± 1,328 c	0.1 ± 0.0	1.0 ± 0.4	0.1 ± 0.0
3	“Shatangju” mandarin	630,595 ± 103,264 a	NA	1.3 ± 0.4	NA

^a NA, not applicable. The different letters represent significant differences by single-factor analysis of variance (Duncan’s multiple-range test) at a 95% (P < 0.05) confidence interval.