‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’, a novel small haemotropic mycoplasma from a dog


Citation
Sykes et al. (2005). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55 (1)
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Subjects
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics General Medicine Microbiology
Abstract
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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Publication date
2005-01-01
DOI
10.1099/ijs.0.02989-0

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