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Mycoplasma testudineum sp nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease

  1. Author:
    Brown, D. R.
    Merritt, J. L.
    Jacobson, E. R.
    Klein, P. A.
    Tully, J. G.
    Brown, M. B.

  2. Author Address

    Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Pathobiol, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA. Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Small Anim Clin Sci, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA. Univ Florida, Coll Med, Dept Pathol Immunol & Lab Med, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA. NIAID, Mycoplasma Sect, Frederick, MD 21702 USA Brown, DR, Univ Florida, Coll Vet Med, Dept Pathobiol, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
    1. Year: 2004
    2. Date: SEP
  2. Journal: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
    1. 54
    2. Part 5
    3. Pages: 1527-1529
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    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 BH29(T) ( = ATCC 700618(T) = MCCM 03231(T))

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