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Mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas
Introduction
Classification
Taxonomy
- Class: Mollicutes.
- Order: Mycoplasmatales.
- Family: Mycoplasmataceae.
- Genus: Mycoplasmas:
- Mycoplasma (over 60 species).
- Ureaplasma (single species with serotypes).
Etymology
- Gk: myco - fungus; plasma - form; mycoplasma - a fungus form; ureaplasma - a form which requires urea.
Significance
- Many species are commensals.
- Respiratory pathogens in many mammalian and avian species.
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
- Becher A C, Spergser J, Aurich C et al (2013) Cooled storage of canine semen: in vitro effects of different concentrations of an antibiotic combination on growth of mollicutes. Reprod Domest Anim 48 (6), 961-966 PubMed.
- Messick J B, Walker P G, Raphael W et al (2002) 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemodidelphidis' sp. nov., 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae' sp. nov. and Mycoplasma haemocanis comb. nov., haemotrophic parasites from a naturally infected opossum (Didelphis virginiana), alpaca (Lama pacos) and dog (Canis familiaris): phylogenetic and secondary structural relatedness of their 16S rRNA genes to other mycoplasmas. Int J System Evol Micro 52 (Pt 3), 693-698 PubMed.
- Senior D F, Brown M B (1996) The role of Mycoplasma species and Ureaplasma species in feline lower urinary tract disease. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 26 (2), 305-308 PubMed.
- Walker R D, Walshaw R, Riggs C M et al (1995) Recovery of two mycoplasma species from abscesses in a cat following bite wounds from a dog. J Vet Diagn Invest 7 (1), 154-156 PubMed.
- Kruger J M, Osborne C A (1993) The role of uropathogens in feline lower urinary tract disease. Clinical implications. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 23 (1), 101-123 PubMed.
- Randolph J F, Moise N S, Scarlett J M et al (1993) Prevalence of mycoplasmal and ureaplasmal recovery from tracheobronchial lavages and of mycoplasmal recovery from pharyngeal swab specimens in cats with or without pulmonary disease. Am J Vet Res 54 (6), 897-900 PubMed.
- Brown M B, Stoll M, Maxwell J et al (1991) Survival of feline mycoplasmas in urine. J Clin Microbiol 29 (5), 1078-1080 PubMed.
- Weisburg W G, Tully J G, Rose D L et al (1989) A phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas: basis for their classification. J Bacteriol 171 (12), 6455-6467 PubMed.
- Tan R J, Miles J A (1974) Possible role of feline T-strain mycoplasmas in cat abortion. Aust Vet J 50 (4), 142-145 PubMed.