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Mycoplasma crocodyli sp. nov., a New Species from Crocodiles

¹Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, 30173 Hannover, Germany
⁶Botanisches Institut, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany
⁷Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
²Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
⁵Veterinary Research Laboratory, Harare, Zimbabwe
³Department of Pathobiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0006
⁴Department of Pathology and Division of Comparative Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0006

^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany. Phone: 45 511 856-7595. Fax: 45 511 856-7679.

ABSTRACT

Organisms with the typical characteristics of mycoplasmas were isolated from joints and lungs of crocodiles. The results of growth inhibition tests and immunobinding assays showed that the 24 mycoplasma strains isolated were identical and distinct from previously described Mycoplasma, Entomoplasma, Mesoplasma, and Acholeplasma species. These organisms represent a new species, for which the name Mycoplasma crocodyli is proposed. M. crocodyli ferments glucose and maltose, does not produce films and spots, does not hydrolyze arginine, esculin, and urea, reduces tetrazolium chloride, and possesses phosphatase activity. It lyses and adsorbs bovine, ovine, and rabbit erythrocytes. Cholesterol or serum is required for growth. The optimum growth temperature is 37°C. The G+C content of the DNA is 27.6 mol%. This organism causes exudative polyarthritis in crocodiles. The type strain of M. crocodyli is strain MP145 (= ATCC 51981).

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