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

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1527-1529

  Brown, D R ^a   Merritt, J L ^a   Jacobson, E R ^a   Klein, P A ^b   Tully, J G ^c,d   Brown, M B ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIGITONIN; ESCULIN; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MANNOSE; PHOSPHATASE; RNA 16S; SUCROSE; UREA;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA TESTUDINEUM; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TURTLE; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL WALL; DIGITONIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYMES; GENES, RRNA; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MANNOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SUCROSE; TURTLES;

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA TESTUDINEUM; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 5444249736     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63072-0     Document Type: Article

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