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Sykes, Jane E.


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Detection of Mixed Infections with “Candidatus Mycoplasma Haemominutum” and Mycoplasma Haemofelis Using Real-Time TaqMan Polymerase Chain Reaction Sykes et al. (2007). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 19 (3)
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‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’, a novel small haemotropic mycoplasma from a dog Sykes et al. (2005). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55 (1) Ca. Mycoplasma haematoparvum
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Detection of Mixed Infections with “Candidatus Mycoplasma Haemominutum” and Mycoplasma Haemofelis Using Real-Time TaqMan Polymerase Chain Reaction
The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of real-time TaqMan PCR assays for detection of coinfections with “ Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum” (Mhm), and Mycoplasma haemofelis (Mhf), in vitro and over time in experimentally infected cats. First, the ability of each real-time PCR assay to detect and quantify mixed infections was determined in vitro by testing mixtures of plasmids containing Mhm and Mhf 16S rDNA with each assay. Subsequently, 4 specific pathogen-free (SPF) cats, 2 of which were splenectomized, were inoculated with blood from a cat infected with both Mhm and Mhf. Sixteen blood samples were then collected from each cat over a 55-day period. Each of the 64 postinoculation samples was tested using both conventional polymerase chain reaction (cPCR) and real-time PCR for the 16S rRNA gene of each organism. When applied to mixtures of plasmid DNA from each species, the results of quantitation with each of the real-time PCR assays approximately reflected the number of plasmid copies present. Forty-nine of 64 post-inoculation samples (77%) were positive using both cPCR and real-time PCR, 4 (6%) were positive using cPCR only, and 3 (5%) were positive using real-time PCR only. Both organisms were detected in 23 samples using real-time PCR. Mixed infections were not detected using cPCR. The size of the corresponding cPCR products suggested infection with Mhm in 4 and Mhf in 18 of these samples. The use of multiple separate real-time PCR assays rather than cPCR alone should thus be considered for epidemiologic studies of hemoplasmosis in cats.
‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’, a novel small haemotropic mycoplasma from a dog
A novel small haemoplasma was detected following cytological examination of blood smears from a splenectomized dog with haemic neoplasia. The 16S rRNA and rnpB genes of the organism were partially sequenced and a phylogenetic tree constructed. The organism was most closely related to the small feline haemoplasma, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ (94 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity; 75 % rnpB) and was only distantly related to Mycoplasma haemocanis (78 % 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence identity; 65 % rnpB). As this organism has not been cultured in vitro, the candidate species name ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’ is proposed.
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