Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., from a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) with upper respiratory tract disease
Brown, D. R. and Merritt, J. L. and Jacobson, E. R. and Klein, P. A. and Tully, J. G. and Brown, M. B.,, 54, 1527-1529 (2004),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63072-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= Mycoplasma testudineum sp. nov., first cultured from the upper respiratory tract of a clinically ill tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mohave Desert, was distinguished from previously described mollicutes serologically and by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons. It lacks a cell wall; ferments glucose, mannose, lactose and sucrose; does not produce ‘film and spots’; does not hydrolyse arginine, aesculin or urea; is sensitive to digitonin; and lacks phosphatase activity. The organism causes chronic rhinitis and conjunctivitis of tortoises. The type strain of M. testudineum is BH29T (=ATCC 700618T=MCCM 03231T).,
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