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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54 (2004), 1527-1529; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.63072-0
© 2004 International Union of Microbiological Societies

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

D. R. Brown1, J. L. Merritt1, E. R. Jacobson2, P. A. Klein3, J. G. Tully4,{dagger} and M. B. Brown1

1 Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
2 Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
3 Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
4 Mycoplasma Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD 21702, USA

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D. R. Brown
brownd{at}mail.vetmed.ufl.edu

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 BH29T (=ATCC 700618T=MCCM 03231T).

Published online ahead of print on 27 February 2004 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63072-0.

The GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain BH29T is AY366210.

{dagger}Present address: 16400 Black Rock Road, Germantown, MD 20874, USA.






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