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International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Vol 51, 413-418, Copyright © 2001 by Society for General Microbiology

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

MB Brown, DR Brown, PA Klein, GS McLaughlin, IM Schumacher, ER Jacobson, HP Adams and JG Tully
Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA

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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