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Mycoplasma agassizii sp nov., isolated from the upper respiratory tract of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)

  1. Author:
    Brown, M. B.
    Brown, D. R.
    Klein, P. A.
    McLaughlin, G. S.
    Schumacher, I. M.
    Jacobson, E. R.
    Adams, H. P.
    Tully, J. G.

  2. Author Address

    Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Pathobiol, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA. Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Pathobiol, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA. Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Small Anim Clin Sci, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA. Univ Florida, Coll Med, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA. Baylor Coll Med, Dept Cell Biol, Houston, TX 77030 USA. NIAID, Myocplasma Sect, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. Brown MB Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Pathobiol, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA.
    1. Year: 2001
  2. Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
    1. 51
    2. Pt. 2
    3. Pages: 413-418
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    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 PS6(T)(= ATCC 700616(T)) which caused upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) in experimentally infected tortoises.

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