‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’, a novel small haemotropic mycoplasma from a dog
Sykes, Jane E. and Ball, Louise M. and Bailiff, Nathan L. and Fry, Michael M.,, 55, 27-30 (2005),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02989-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
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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