IDENTIFICATION OF 2 PATHOGENIC AVIAN MYCOPLASMAS AS STRAINS OF MYCOPLASMA-PULLORUM

Authors
MOALIC PY KEMPF I GESBERT F LAIGRET F
Citation
Py. Moalic et al., IDENTIFICATION OF 2 PATHOGENIC AVIAN MYCOPLASMAS AS STRAINS OF MYCOPLASMA-PULLORUM, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 47(1), 1997, pp. 171-174
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
International journal of systematic bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207713
Volume
47
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
171 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7713(1997)47:1<171:IO2PAM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Two mycoplasma strains were isolated from dead turkey embryos. Growth properties, biochemical and serological characteristics, and protein p rofiles indicated that these strains were closely related to Mycoplasm a pullorum CKKT (T = type strain). This was confirmed by 16S rRNA sequ ence analysis, and the phylogenetic position of M. pullorum was establ ished. Pathogenicity studies showed that the two strains, as well as M . pullorum CKKT, induced a statistically significant level of mortalit y after innoculation into chicken embryos.