Mycoplasma elephantis sp. nov., a New Species from Elephants

Autor:	Helga Kirchhoff, Rosemarie Schmidt, Heiner Lehmann, Harold W. Clark, Auriol C. Hill
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	biology Tetrazolium chloride Immunology Mesoplasma Mannose Fructose Maltose Mycoplasma biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Microbiology chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Mollicutes medicine Bacteria
Zdroj:	International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46:437-441
ISSN:	1465-2102 0020-7713
DOI:	10.1099/00207713-46-2-437
Popis:	Organisms with the typical characteristics of mycoplasmas were isolated from the genital tracts of female elephants. The results of growth inhibition tests, metabolic inhibition tests, indirect immunofluorescence tests, and immunobinding assays showed that the isolated mycoplasmas were identical and distinct from previously described Mycoplasma, Entomoplasma, Mesoplasma, and Acholeplasma species. These organisms represent a new species, for which the name Mycoplasma elephantis is proposed. M. elephantis ferments glucose, fructose, maltose, mannose, and sucrose, produces films and spots, does not hydrolyze arginine, esculin, and urea, does not reduce methylene blue, tetrazolium chloride, and potassium tellurite, does not possess phosphatase activity, and reduces resazurin. It lyses avian, ovine, and guinea pig erythrocytes. It does not adsorb erythrocytes. Cholesterol or serum is required for growth. The optimum growth temperature is 37°C. The G+C content of the DNA is 24.0 mol%. The type strain of M. elephantis is E42 (= ATCC 51980).
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