Mycoplasma agassizii sp. nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
| Autor: | I. M. Schumacher, J G Tully, Paul A. Klein, Daniel R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown, Elliott R. Jacobson, G. S. McLaughlin, H. P. Adams |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Mycoplasma agassizii
biology Tortoise Molecular Sequence Data General Medicine Respiratory tract disease Mycoplasma biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause 16S ribosomal RNA Microbiology DNA Ribosomal Serology Turtles medicine.anatomical_structure RNA Ribosomal 16S Terminology as Topic medicine Animals Desert Climate Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Respiratory tract Nevada |
| Zdroj: | International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 51(Pt 2) |
| ISSN: | 1466-5026 |
| Popis: | Biochemical, serological and molecular genetic studies were performed on seven mycoplasma isolates that were recovered from the upper respiratory tract of clinically ill desert tortoises. The isolates were serologically related to each other but serologically distinct from previously described species. Unique mycoplasma species-specific 16S rRNA nucleotide sequences were found in the proposed type strain. The name Mycoplasma agassizii is proposed for these isolates. The type strain is PS6T (= ATCC 700616T) which caused upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) in experimentally infected tortoises. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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