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

2005; Microbiology Society; Volume: 55; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1099/ijs.0.02989-0

ISSN

1466-5034

Autores

Jane E. Sykes, Louise M. Ball, Nathan L. Bailiff, Michael M. Fry,

Tópico(s)

Rabies epidemiology and control

Resumo

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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