Research Article

Mycoplasma alligatoris sp. nov., from American alligators

Brown, DR, Farley, JM, Zacher, LA, Carlton, JMR, Clippinger, TL, Tully, JG, Brown, MB

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2001; 51(2):419

Abstract

Mycoplasmas were isolated from multiple tissues of diseased American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). This paper presents biochemical, serological and molecular genetic characterizations of a lethal pathogen of alligators for which the name Mycoplasma alligatoris sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is A21JP2(T) (ATCC 700619(T)).