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Int J Syst Bacteriol 45 (1995), 560-564; DOI 10.1099/00207713-45-3-560
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Taxonomy of the Feline Mycoplasmas Mycoplasma felifaucium, Mycoplasma feliminutum, Mycoplasma felis, Mycoplasma gateae, Mycoplasma leocaptivus, Mycoplasma leopharyngis, and Mycoplasma simbae by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Comparisons{dagger}

D. R. BROWN1,*, G. S. McLAUGHLIN2 and M. B. BROWN1

1Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
2Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, College of Agriculture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611

* Corresponding author. Phone: (904) 392-5961. Fax: (904) 392-7629.

ABSTRACT

The nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of eight mycoplasmas isolated from felids was determined and used for taxonomic comparisons. A signature nucleotide sequence motif and overall sequence similarity to other mollicutes positioned Mycoplasma felifaucium, Mycoplasma felis, Mycoplasma leocaptivus, Mycoplasma leopharyngis, and Mycoplasma simbae in the Mycoplasma fermentans phylogenetic group of mollicutes. Mycoplasma arginini and Mycoplasma gateae were positioned in the Mycoplasma hominis phylogenetic group of mollicutes, and Mycoplasma feliminutum was positioned in the phylogenetically distant Acholeplasma group of mollicutes, showing that host family preference does not necessarily derive from bacterial phylogenetic closeness.

{dagger} Journal series article R-04320 of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida, Gainesville.




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