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

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 413-418

  Brown, M B ^a   Brown, D R ^a   Klein, P A ^a   McLaughlin, G S ^a   Schumacher, I M ^a   Jacobson, E R ^a   Adams, H P ^a   Tully, J G ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma; Tortoise; Upper respiratory tract disease

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGASSIZII; NEGIBACTERIA; POLYPHEMUS; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0035070152     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-51-2-413     Document Type: Note

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