Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease
| Autor: | Paul A. Klein, Mary Bomberger Brown, Elliott R. Jacobson, J L Merritt, Daniel R. Brown, J G Tully |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Bacterial Sucrose Arginine Tortoise Molecular Sequence Data Mannose Digitonin Lactose DNA Ribosomal Microbiology Aesculin chemistry.chemical_compound Mycoplasma Cell Wall RNA Ribosomal 16S medicine Animals Mycoplasma Infections Serotyping Respiratory Tract Infections Phylogeny Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics biology Genes rRNA Sequence Analysis DNA General Medicine biology.organism_classification 16S ribosomal RNA Anti-Bacterial Agents Enzymes Turtles RNA Bacterial Glucose medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Mollicutes Respiratory tract |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54:1527-1529 |
| ISSN: | 1466-5034 1466-5026 |
| Popis: | Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., first cultured from the upper respiratory tract of a clinically ill tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mohave Desert, was distinguished from previously described mollicutes serologically and by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons. It lacks a cell wall; ferments glucose, mannose, lactose and sucrose; does not produce ‘film and spots’; does not hydrolyse arginine, aesculin or urea; is sensitive to digitonin; and lacks phosphatase activity. The organism causes chronic rhinitis and conjunctivitis of tortoises. The type strain of M. testudineum is BH29T (=ATCC 700618T=MCCM 03231T). |
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