MYCOPLASMA ADLERI SP-NOV, AN ISOLATE FROM A GOAT

Mycoplasma sp. strain G145(T) (T = type strain) was isolated from a go at's abscessed ankle. Strain G145(T) required cholesterol or serum for growth and possessed characteristics similar to those of other member s of the genus Mycoplasma. This strain was serologically distinct from previously described Mycoplasma species and from a group of currently unnamed strains thought to belong to the genus Mycoplasma. Strain G14 5(T) hydrolyzed arginine, but did not hydrolyze urea or ferment glucos e. The guanine-plus-cytosine content of the DNA was 29.6 mol%. We prop ose that strain G145 (= ATCC 27948) is the type strain of a new specie s, for which we propose the name Mycoplasma adleri.